Another Update

So the roller coaster continues. Grandpa spiked a fever again last night so the doctors started to wonder if he was getting the right treatment. My aunt Lucia asked one of her colleagues who is an infectious disease doctor to go see him. Her partner ended up looking over the case and said the whole picture didn't make much sense and wasn't completely consistent with being HSV encephalitis or encephalitis at all for that matter. So they decided to do another MRI of his brain...this time with contrast. A walnut sized mass showed up on the scan. It's in the left temporal region of his brain. We don't know for sure what it is yet. They are doing a brain biopsy tomorrow. It is most likely a glioma which is a brain tumor. It could be either low grade or high grade which makes a big difference with prognosis. The pathologist is going to be there during the biopsy tomorrow so we will know right away. Grandpa started to wake up a lot more than he has been. In fact at times he is completely lucid and aware of the situation. He just got off the phone with my grandma and listening to them talk was the most precious thing I've ever witnessed. They were talking about when they first met and how happy they've been. He knows he has brain cancer and he's scared. We just have to pray its a low grade tumor. I'll keep everyone updated.




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