Paris November 2010Update
Hello everyone,
Happy Thanksgiving, this year I can say that we have been truly blessed with good health. I wanted to update you on Paris’ recent follow up scan results. 6 weeks ago during Paris’ routine scan work up there was a new area that showed on the brain MRI scan specifically in the right frontal lobe portion of the brain. There was debate if the area was new disease or a clotted blood vessel. The team sent us home but wanted us to re-image in 6 weeks to determine if the area had changed. 6 weeks happened to fall the day after Paris’s 3rd birthday. We were blessed to be home to celebrate her birthday with all of our friends and family! The next day Paris and I boarded the plane and arrived in NY for a MRI of the brain. The image resulted that the area in question is still present, however it has not changed and resembles more of a vessel rather than disease. Needless to say this will be another area that the team will be watching very closely for future scans. I am scheduled to again do the 3 month scan work up in January as this scan was just and “added bonus scan” and not a replacement scan. I am able to be home for the Thanksgiving holiday, and Christmas holiday. Paris is scheduled to start preschool Monday November 29 and she is all ready for school. She is able to demonstrate to anyone who will watch that she can “flip” her backpack on all by herself!
I am most thankful for good health this Thanksgiving as it is a small thing that is often taken for granted. Please continue to pray for all of the families that are still in treatment, or have lost a loved one to this disease.
Ralph, Lauren and Paris