Eye Still Swollen

Here are come pictures of Stevan's face from this morning, so you can see the difference between his eyes.

We have had many visitors today. It began with the BMT Unit resident doctor who came to tell us that Stevan would be getting an MRI today along with a bone biopsy and marrow aspiration. He came back to do the biopsy at 10am. He did a pretty good job pain wise with Stevan. The doctor had to poke him twice to get a good sample. The results wont be back until Wedesday or Thursday.

 

After lunch, the doctor from the eye institute came back to evaluate Stevan's eyes. He determined that the swelling had not changed. He did clearify how they would biopsy the mass, if it comes to that. They will cut a small opening in the top of the eye lid and go in through the top around the eye and biopsy it.

 

Finally late this afternoon they took Stevan in for an MRI. They are looking to see exactly where the mass is at and where it has invaded. Is it just in the eye socket? Or is it behind the eye socket invading the brain? We are concerned with this because Stevan has exprienced some possible problems with his memory. Its not been anything major. He has not been as energetic as he had been. He's been sleeping a lot more too. We have brought these problems up to the doctors. This is why it is important to see what the MRI reveals.

 

They continue to give him 4mg twice daily of dexamethasone trying to reduce the swelling and the tumor size. The doctor said it should reduce it fairly quickly, if it Myeloma.  Hopefully tomorrow will give us some more answers.