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angry
Jan 17, 2008, 8:44 PM
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I have a 16 year old baby brother. For the last few months, he's been a little off. Grades failing, barely able to handle swim practice, spacey. Just not typical stuff for him.
He got really sick last weekend and it ended up with a CT scan. They found a fairly large brain tumor. This was monday. Yesterday was the scariest day of my life, he was in surgery for 9 hours and they removed a tumor the size of a key lime. They called it an astrocyte. They were unable to remove the entire thing.
Today he's swollen, head covered in gauze. My baby brother looks like he's hurting. He can't move his right side yet and he's still unable to talk. They had to do a lot of pushing and pulling in his head that probably caused this. When the swelling goes down, they hope he'll come back.
We're watching him almost constantly now. He is improving. Still waiting on the biopsy results. Still waiting for him to heal up.
This is without question the hardest and scariest thing I've ever experienced. I know a few of you have met the mini angry. I consider a lot of you my friends. I just wanted to let you all know whats going on.
I'll post some updates occasionally.
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caughtinside
Jan 17, 2008, 8:46 PM
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Best wishes for a full recovery angry, take care buddy.
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coastal_climber
Jan 17, 2008, 8:49 PM
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Hope he gets better. Best wishes.
>Cam
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imnotclever
Jan 17, 2008, 8:51 PM
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Best wishes, I'm hoping for you and your family.
(This post was edited by imnotclever on Jan 17, 2008, 8:52 PM)
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wjca
Jan 17, 2008, 8:53 PM
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That's nothing a 16 year old should have to suffer. Best wishes to him. Make sure he knows how you feel about him and that his big brother is there for him.
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imnotclever
Jan 17, 2008, 8:54 PM
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My post from the coffee shop today, I hope it brings you a little laugh:
imnotclever wrote: Morning, Not much going on here, just work. Hey did anybody hear how Angry's brother's surgery went? Still hoping for the best. I have visions of Angry's brother waking up form the surgery and telling the doc to eat his ass. |
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texasclimber
Jan 17, 2008, 9:02 PM
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I need not to be a close friend of yours to feel sympathy and to give the best of wishes to you and your family. I wish him the best and the same to your family.
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krillen
Jan 17, 2008, 9:04 PM
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All the best to your brother, you and your family man. Good luck!
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Arrogant_Bastard
Jan 17, 2008, 9:20 PM
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angry wrote: I have a 16 year old baby brother. For the last few months, he's been a little off. Grades failing, barely able to handle swim practice, spacey. Just not typical stuff for him. He got really sick last weekend and it ended up with a CT scan. They found a fairly large brain tumor. This was monday. Yesterday was the scariest day of my life, he was in surgery for 9 hours and they removed a tumor the size of a key lime. They called it an astrocyte. They were unable to remove the entire thing. Today he's swollen, head covered in gauze. My baby brother looks like he's hurting. He can't move his right side yet and he's still unable to talk. They had to do a lot of pushing and pulling in his head that probably caused this. When the swelling goes down, they hope he'll come back. We're watching him almost constantly now. He is improving. Still waiting on the biopsy results. Still waiting for him to heal up. This is without question the hardest and scariest thing I've ever experienced. I know a few of you have met the mini angry. I consider a lot of you my friends. I just wanted to let you all know whats going on. I'll post some updates occasionally.
Really sorry to hear that man, best wishes to all involved.
That's scary on several levels. I just had a friend go through, what sounds like, about the same thing. She found out early December. She noticed because her balanced deteriorated, especially after a drink or two. Biopsy came out negative, but they pulled one hell of a tumor out. Had to put in an arterial shunt too to return blood to normal in her head. She seems to be making a full recovery, but it took some time. I think the waiting is the hardest part. Again man, best wishes through this time.
I guess sometimes we take normal health for granted.
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gogounou
Jan 17, 2008, 9:28 PM
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Wishing you and your brother all the best, angry. Hope he's back en forme in short order.
J
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Jan 17, 2008, 9:35 PM
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Thinking all the best thoughts and prayers for your bro mate. Hope he makes a full recovery.
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Jan 17, 2008, 9:45 PM
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wow I'm so sorry your family is having to go through something so scary. I hope all goes well and he recovers completely
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wmfork
Jan 17, 2008, 9:53 PM
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Here's wishing him back being the carefree 16yr old he is asap.
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reno
Jan 17, 2008, 9:57 PM
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Best wishes and thoughts and vibes heading to you and your family, bro.
My phone is on 24/7, if you need to bend an ear or vent or whatever.
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:06 PM
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Wow. That's some scary shit. I hope all turns out for the best. Poor kid. Keep us up to date on how he's doing.
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thomasribiere
Jan 17, 2008, 10:09 PM
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Best wishes to him, best wishes to you and your family.
Cancers suck that much. You make think of my late ex-gf.
Be strong. All of you.
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:13 PM
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Angry, hope all goes as planned and I hope your bother has a speedy recovery. I'll keep your intentions in my thoughts and prayers.
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dr_feelgood
Jan 17, 2008, 10:16 PM
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I suppose this would be a bad place to postwhore for the pageturn.
Angry- Sorry dude. I hope he recovers quickly.
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:18 PM
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best wishes to you and your brother, john.
I hope he'll be back to running down the talus to get us food shortly...
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:20 PM
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Sorry to hear this angry. Best wishes to your brother for a full recovery. Also thinking of you and the rest of your family.
DDT
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Jan 17, 2008, 10:29 PM
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Sorry to hear this. That has got to be frightening. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing the best of luck for your brothers complete and speedy recovery.
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jgloporto
Jan 17, 2008, 10:33 PM
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Sorry to hear this. We are still dealing with my nephew's cancer on my front so I know how hard this can be. All the best for a speedy recovery!
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macherry
Jan 17, 2008, 10:59 PM
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that's rough stuff angry. Here's wishing a speedy recovery for your brother!!!!
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clausti
Jan 17, 2008, 11:25 PM
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shit, dude.
adding my best wishes to the list of hoping for a full recovery- this has got to be so scary, but you're being a good brother, doing all you can. hope your family stays sane through this, too.
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