Dr. Boydston. Love him.

Yesterday was our long awaited appointment with the neurosurgeon.

Here are the highlights:

• AC does have Chiari I malformation. (we already knew that...)
• He is scheduling a 2 hour MRI for her.
  
• Immediately after the MRI we will meet with him again to go over the results.
  
• Only 15 out of 100 Chiari patients require surgery.
  
• Dr. Boydston rocks. He has an amazing bed-side manner and immediately put us all at ease. It was worth waiting the extra 2 days to see him.
  
• AC is cleared for soccer and anything else she feels like doing...for now.
  

We started the day with lunch at the Cheesecake Factory with Momma, Staci, and my football spouse, Mrs. Lori Hullett. Our waitress was a hoot and very accurately called Lori, "troublemaker" all during lunch. Love you Lor! Thanks for coming to lunch!

The staff at Dr. Boydston's office was great from the minute we walked in the door. Thanks to a HUGE exam room, Momma and Staci were able to come back with us for the consult. That was surprising but I was thankful to have all the extra ears in the room.

Dr. Boydston came in and greeted all the adults then he hopped up on the table with AC and proceeded to have a very detailed conversation with her. We spent about 30 minutes talking to him and much of that was just getting to know him. The fact that he spent that much time with us to basically order an MRI was impressive. AC soaked it all in. The more he talked, the more I relaxed.

The CT scan she had in Athens showed the Chiari, but an MRI is needed to see the extent of everything. She will have a 2 hour MRI sometime in the next 2 weeks at Scottish Rite. It is going to take so long because they have to check how her spinal fluid is flowing. I'm so happy she gets to sleep through it. I can't imagine being that still for that long as an adult. I know my fidgety 8 year old can't do it. It is tough to have to wait again but at least we know we'll have solid answers after the MRI.


My comic relief moment of the day:

On the way home tonight Cole asked AC, "Did you like your brain doctor?" Her response, "Yeah, his daughters go to Georgia."

Of all the wonderful things to say about her doc...that was her first response.

Go Dawgs!