Great News About Keri!!

From yesterday:

Great news! Keri's MRI came back clean!!! The surgeon removed all of the tumor!!! :)

We will be doing a spinal tap next week to check for cancerous cells but even if they show up the radiation and chemo should eliminate them.

God is good!!! :)

I love how Tonya put that first "smiley" in...if you go back in her journal, the doctor told them after her surgery that they had to leave 5% of the tumor behind, as it was too close to her optic nerve center. They actually saw during the procedure that there was some of the tumor left behind, but now 2 different MRIs show no sign of the tumor at all...that's a God thing, my friends, and a great answer to prayer!!

From this morning (EARLY this morning...)

We must have our days and nights mixed up! Keri is getting stronger and doing better at supporting her head when she's up. She just made another successful attempt at getting out of bed. After she got back in she wanted some chicken nuggets! (at 1:00 am)

She ate two nuggets and is now thinking about dozing back off.

We are anxious to see the Dr. tomorrow because her drainage fluid output yesterday was really low! Yeah! If her overnight results are also low then we have a possibility of being moved out of ICU tomorrow and into another room....PLUS, that could mean that she won't need a shunt!

For all the prayer warriors out there please focus on that shunt and ask God to keep providing strength to Keri that her body will continue to deal with those spinal fluids the way it's supposed to. I believe that the doctors are giving her until Monday before they make their final decision on the shunt.

God continues to bless us with lots of visitors and well wishes! We appreciate you all!!

So, you've got your information, now let's get to praying for Keri to not have to get that shunt put in. Thanks again for your prayers and support...at my last look, over 11.000 people had visited her CaringBridge site to check in and let them know they're being prayed for. Thanks!