Hello EVERYONE, I just wanted to let you all in on the results of our trip to the neurologist today. First of all I was mistaken about who we were going to see, it turns out that the guy we saw was not only a neurologist but also the areas only pediatric neurosurgeon. so that gave me a bit more confidence in his findings. Any how he came in and told us that he was still not exactly for sure what the abmomality showing on the scans were, but that he could say with a 95% probability that it was NOT cancer. He said that it could still be a tumor but it was not a cancerous one as it showed no mass and did not light up the MRI like a cancerous area would have. He said if it was a tumor that it was of the type that was so slow growing that the person could go 15 to 20 years without even knowing they had one unless it was found while something else was being looked for. He told us that in his opinion it was not something that he felt prompted an immediate surgical intervention. He said that had we just brought the MRI results(images) to him and not told him that they were of two diffrent scans he would have thought that someone had just made a copy of the first one and that he had two of the same scan because there was absolutely no change from the first one to the second. So his recommendations were to see a regular neurologist to rule out some other issues that might be causing the behavior issue that prompted our first MRI. He said as the abnormality was not pushing down on the brain he felt that it was not the cause of the behaviors, but that he could be suffering from a type of migraine syndrome that causes a person to have mood changes, or that he could be suffering from a type of seizure disorder that manifests itself as behavior rather than the jerking typical of a seizure people are more familiar with. So along with those recommendations he also wanted to do another MRI in about 3 months to compare with the first two. If no change then we would wait another 3 months and look again if that one was good then we would go to 6 months and then once a year. He even told us that as long as he took the proper normal percautions that he could join his friends in the great american past time of Football, well mini football anyway. He also said for us to let him be the kid he was before this whole thing started with only the restrictions a normal parent would put on their child to keep them safe. So to sum it all up WE ARE VERY HAPPY HERE IN BOBBERLAND. I want to Thank each and every one of you for your support and prayers. I know we aren't out of the woods totally yet but a great big mountain has been overcome and your prayers and faith have all played a big part of that. Once again THANK YOU!!!!!! Love ya Guys, Robert "Bobber" Burton and Clayton and Family
