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Dargo's little girl needs our prayers

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Hey All, I don't know how often Brent gets on here,or if he has shared any info about his daughter.So I hope he doesnt mind me sharing this information, but I figure the more prayers the better.

His oldest daughter is very sick. Right now she is in Riley childrens hospital with a brain tumor. Her tumor is around the optic nerve and around and attatched the cartoid artery. They are planning surgery next week. She is only 18/19 yrears old. This is the only information that I have. If I find out something else I will let you know.

So please keep Brent and his family in your thoughts
 
I think Dargo has mentioned his daughter was having problems with her vision. I don't know if at the time they knew what was causing the problems. Doc, is there a way FF can send a bouqet or gift basket?
 
Oh no. Yes CG Brent did mention the vision issue but no one had figured out why she was having it. I'm glad they finally figured out what was causing it and hopefully surgery can fix her up good as new. So sad. She was validitorian of her HS class and all ready to start college when this hit her. Good thoughts and prayers coming for your daughter Brent.

Yes CG, we can surely send a gift basket or bouquet to show our good thoughts and wishes for his daughter. Judy can you get the info we need for sending this out?
Anyone who wants to contribute a little towards this can use the paypal address and put a note that it is for Brent's daughter or I'll PM you my snail mail address upon request.
Also looking for suggestions on what gift basket or bouquet to send. I suspect we can raise 100 or so, so please shop in that price range and make suggestions here or PM me.
 
Wow. Not what a parent wants to experience. He had mentioned the vision problem a while back. Prayers for all and hope they can do surgery.
 
I will keep him and his daughter in my thoughts. I also have hopes that the surgery is successful.
 
Thanks all. I really do appreciate the kind words and for Judy (WorkingWoman) mentioning this matter. This has been going on for over 4 months now and no physician seemed to be concerned nor take the matter seriously and even follow up. She was slowly getting worse and I'd just had it and made it my mission to get something moving on Monday.

A gentleman who goes by "IslandTractor" on another site happens to be a physician, and a very competent one at that, was instrumental at hopefully saving her sight and possibly her life. I don't want to go into too many details since he is a modest man who is not seeking attention, but I cannot possibly ever thank him enough. He and his friends in very high places really took the bull by the horns and made things happen immediately; and I do mean immediately.

Anyway, yes, she does have a brain tumor in what every surgeon calls a "very high priced real estate area" (must be a term they use among themselves because most all used those words). Unfortunately, it is in a very difficult region to access and in an extremely sensitive and dangerous region to be poking around. As I'm told all the best surgeons do, her team of surgeons ran every test known to see if it was possible to treat without opening her skull.

I had no idea that MRI machines come in different horsepower sizes, but they do. All of the machines in my area only go up to 1 tesla in power. To better see exactly what we are up against and to get precise mapping, they performed a series of MRI's done on 3 and 4 tesla MRI machines and a "Stealth MRI" for the surgery. Due to the location of the tumor, they will have a team of surgeons working on her, such as a vascular surgeon, neurosurgeon, ophthalmologist surgeon and (can't recall the proper name) skull surgeon present.

Right now they are pushing the maximum amount of morphine they can in her and it's barely dulling the pain. Since it will be next Thursday before they will actually do the surgery, they are letting her come home for a few days before returning next week for the surgery and a longer stay. I'm afraid this isn't going to be a pleasant time for her and she will be in considerable pain, but that is what she wants and they have consented.

I'll update more later. I have a lot of things to get done yet before basically spending the entire holiday season at a hospital.
 
Hey Dargo, I work right accross the parking lot, if I can buy you a cup of coffee sometime or something I would be happy to. Otherwise, praying for you and your family.
 
Hang in there Brent. Life throws us challenges and God gives us strength to get through them. Sounds like she is in skilled hands and your job is to keep her happy till the surgery. Best wishes for all.
 
When your girl is all done with the surgery and the news comes that she's gonna be alright, you will NEVER get a sweeter Christmas present, Dargo. You have my prayers that you get it.
 
Brent, offering as much HOPE as i know how and Prayers that i can. You have a long road ahead,but don't give up . Wishing Her Well with you.
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Thank you all for the kind words. Talk about being tough, besides having almost no sight and crushing pain in her head, Mel isn't complaining about anything this morning; even what you know she has to be feeling after being on heavy doses of morphine for a week and having a spinal migraine on top of it all from a spinal tap they did yesterday where they said they had to take considerably more than normal due to the number of tests they were going to have to run on it. She just wants to get the surgery over and, hopefully, be pain free for the first time in over 4 months.

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Mel would be upset if I didn't mention that she is really swollen from being on extremely heavy doses of steroids for the last 4 months. I don't think she looks bad, but her face is considerably swollen from the steroids.
 

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Brent, Healthcare decisions come with priorities. Swelling bothered me when I was hospitalized. The doc who worked on me at Cleveland clinic summed it up well. He said if we can keep you alive long enough the swelling will be taken care of. If not the mortician won't care. I was so drugged up all I could focus on was my gigantic legs. She will have plenty of time to get back to normal size. Praying for good results for her surgery.
 
Thanks for the update Brent. Still thinking of your daughter and wishing her well. Please keep us posted as you can.
 
That lovely young lady has a lot of prayer and good wishes coming her way Brent.
This will certainly be one Christmas she, you and your entire family will never forget.
God is in His Heaven!
Soon, this will all be in the past.
 
so sorry to hear about your daughter dargo prayers sent and hope she has a speedy recovery. it is always sad to hear of someone having to go through this situation but thankfully she is in good hands.
 
It would be nice if this young lady could have a gift basket of some sort sitting in her room when she returns from surgery. If you want to contribute,
Doc-the man with the plan said:
Anyone who wants to contribute a little towards this can use the paypal address and put a note that it is for Brent's daughter or I'll PM you my snail mail address upon request.
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She is one pretty young Lady and i hope all gets sorted ASAP....In my thoughts and Prayers.
 
Well, we just got our final marching orders. She will begin the admittance process at Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis at 6am this Thursday. Surgery should is scheduled to start at 11:00 am and last around 5 hours.

The length of surgery time has been shortened because it has become clear that they cannot remove all of the tumor. It is just too dangerous. They plan to remove what they can and use radiation on what is left. I don't know if this is bad news or not. The real fear is beginning to set in now.
 
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