Update: F-Words’ Sara Faces Surgery Tuesday
The bulk of the tumor is between the size of a tangerine and and orange (hailstones are measured by sports balls; tumors are apparently measured by fruit), and is taking up a large portion of Sara's right frontal lobe. As of right now, that entire part of her brain is essentially nonfunctional; once the edema lets up, some of the area under pressure will come back online, relieving (they think) most of the short-term memory loss and focal difficulties*. Which means posting on the blog again. They're going to remove about a third of her skull, overlay a copy of Monday's MRI on her brain, and strip out everything that's tumor/husband Andy, F-Words. More here