...Is Good News

At the place where Torch and I are, along with many of you, the best news is that there is no bad news.

Dr. Smile's nurse came bouncing gleefully into the examination room near the end of this afternoon's long session to tell us that Sunday's MRI was excellent. The "flare" of edema was significantly less widespread through the left side of her brain and a worrisome spot on the late May MRI was all but invisible. There appear to be no new nasty things growing inside her brain. The nurse credited the Avastin treatments for this promising result.

Like the good news from last week's CAT scan, this leaves us without an answer to the question of why Torch can't walk or talk for the most part. On the theory that these difficulties and her rare falls (maybe twice a week) result from some sort of seizure activity in her brain, the nurse sent us home with a prescription for a seizure medication.

If it works two good things will result: Torch will again be mobile and communicative, and she will be able to start tapering off the steroids.

Stay tuned.