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From: "Dave & Wendy Adamson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:29 AM
Subject: Update for Amber Adamson Thursday, May 18, 6:30pm
The good news first. Amber did fantastic for her MRI contrast on
Wednesday. The doctors could not believe how calm she was. It turned out
to be closer to 30 minutes that she was in the MRI tube. Amber didn't even
cough once the whole time. When the Russian nurse came in to give her the
contrast injection, Amber didn't cry. She didn't even flinch. The doctors
were dumbfounded that a 7 year old girl could remain so calm and quiet
inside the MRI tube for 30 minutes. PTL! After the test, Amber got up and
was happy, joyful and hopping around. She said more than once that she even
liked the loud noises the MRI machine made when she was sitting still
inside. You wouldn't think she was sick. She was her usual bouncy, happy
self.
Later that day we went to pick up the results. The German technician
who spoke a little English said that the tests came back normal. He even
showed me in his American Brain Encyclopedia a picture of a normal Pineal
Gland with a cyst. He was just being helpful. I appreciated his kindness.
He is not a trained neurologist and could not give me a professional
diagnosis, but he could see that there was no blood in the cyst. That was
the important part. PTL!
Later that same day, our friend, Dr. Reinert, looked at the results and
said that they looked good. He was encouraged that the MRI results were
clear, there was no blood in the cyst and the results could be interpreted
by his Neurologist contact in Norway.
A couple days prior we had contacted our insurance agency about what to
do. We asked for a western trained neurologist in the region. They
suggested that Amber be medically evacuated to Delhi, India this coming
Saturday. They made reservations on a local airline for Wendy and Amber.
We were incouraged by that because we have close friends who live near the
hospital in Delhi. I checked on their web site and they had all the
equipment, doctors and departments we were looking for. My friend said that
a Westerner recently had brain surgery there and it went really well.
The evacuation insurance company was in a hurry for our doctor to make a
decision that day. We still had not processed our visas for India though.
This was a small oversight on the evacuation insurance company's part. It
typically takes 5 days, but they can do a rush in medical situations. We
can't blame them. It's not every day they meet an American who has lived in
Almaty 6 years and needs to be evacuated to India. We are greatful for the
insurance we do have though. It's a wonderful blessing. It's often hard to
watch many sick people in Asia without any help or hope for their medical
condition.
Dr. Reinert was asking that we wait to hear back from his neurologist
contact in Norway after he had emailed the contrast MRI images. I thought
about how I am often tempted to just make a decision about something even
when I know the answer, but I wanted to hear what God wanted us to do. So I
asked God to speak to me about what to do. I heard the Lord say, "Wait,
just one more day." I'm glad I took that advice because we met with Dr.
Reinert today and he got the results back from the Norwegian neurologist.
He said that everything looked good.
So, the good news is that there seems to be no problem connected with
this cyst on Amber's Pineal Gland. The problem was that we still did not
have a diagnosis for Amber's episodes. In the clinic, another western
doctor advised us to return to the US to meet with a neurologist to take
another EEG test. Our doctor and the insurance company talked and they are
recommending that Wendy and Amber go to the US for more testing. They are
waiting approval from the insurance case director and should hear the final
plans for travel by this Friday morning (Almaty time), Thursday evening
(Denver time).
We want to thank the Lord for the newly opened (2 months running)
Western clinic, IMC, which is only 10 minutes from our house. All of the
doctors and staff there are Christian. They have been a great encouragement
to us. Dr. Reinert is one of the doctors in that clinic. He worked closely
with us in training and sending Ks to the Far East from 2001-2003. He and
his wife were a huge blessing when our apartment caught on fire in 2000.
They housed , fed our family, helped us with cleaning the soot off all our
things and helped us move into a new apartment, all within 48 hours.
Dave, Wendy, Ruthie and Amber
Praise:
1. Amber did great!
2. We have good MRI test results.
3. The MRI results came back negative.
Prayer:
1. That we would be directed to a neurologist in Littleton who can give us
an accurate diagnosis for Amber.
2. Safe travel for Wendy and Amber
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