Family Photo from a couple years ago.
L to R: Alyssa (13), Kristin, Caralyn (6), Sean (12), Ethan (2) and Mike
For almost two months now Kristin has been having severe headaches. She tried scheduling an appointment with a neurologist, but the soonest appointment was March 15. She's been to the ER multiple times in the meantime. At times she's seemed to have minimal relief, but still doesn't get relief except when she's sleeping. This past Monday an appointment opened up. She went but the doctor wasn't able to help her any. She also had what she thought was a cyst on her head.
Tuesday she had an appointment with a surgeon regarding the cyst. He told her it was not a normal cyst and scheduled a CAT scan for Wednesday. She was told she would have result within 48 hours. Friday the surgeon called her and asked her to come in to review the results of the CAT scan. He told her she has cancer in her skull. The tumor is aggresive and has grown from the size of a pea to the size of a gulf ball in two weeks. It has degrated her skull and it is breaking and that is what is protruding from her head.
He immediately sent her to a larger hospital an hour away for an MRI and told her she would likely be in surgery within 48 hours. She received the results of the MRI late last night (after they sent it to NYC to be reviewed). The cancer is also in her brain. They sent her home as they are not able to do anything at this time. She is to meet with her neurosurgeon on Monday. Speculation is that they will need to shrink the tumor and cannot do surgery at this time because of how the tumor is attached to the brain.
Kristin has been a friend of mine since childhood. She had cancer over a year ago and underwent surgery, radiation and chemo. There were many complications. She is two weeks older than me, just 35 years old. Her husband is a pastor. I'd ask that you'd especially pray for her daughter. Sean is autistic and doesn't fully understand what is happening neither do the younger children. Alyssa is taking this quite hard. God has been giving them grace, but there are a lot of unanswered questions. Please pray for them as they have to wait until Monday to meet with the doctor and for wisdom.
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