Thursday, January 26, 2012

Brianna

Tori and her younger sister Brianna were on my basketball team 3 years ago.  It is hard to believe it has been that long, but they were in Kindergarten and 1st grade!

They found a tumor on Bri's brain stem a few days before Christmas, 2010.  She has been going through chemo and radiation and to the doctor's surprise, the tumor had been shrinking.  Many people have been praying for Bri and her family has drawn near to God.  There is beauty through the pain. 

Over the past months, there has been a calcium build up around the tumor and it has caused her to be unable to speak or swallow.  Bri is an intelligent little girl and it has been frustrating for her to not be able to communicate what she wants to tell people and it is hard for her family becuase they don't know what she needs/wants.  

On Tuesday, January 24th, Bri's 9th birthday, they went to the children's hospital to get the results from her recent MRI and were informed that there are 3 new tumors --a different kind of tumor than her other one--on the top of her brain and that the old tumor didn't change.  The doctor's haven't seen anything like this before either and aren't sure there are any treatment options that would be beneficial.

Our community and churches have been praying for God to miraculously heal Bri and I believe now is the time.  When the doctor's don't know what to do, God has still got it under control.  Please pray with me that Bri would be healed and the tumors would be gone. 
Isn't she beautiful:)