Well, I'm happy and excited about progress here and look forwad to the next
episode.
God has been so good thus far!
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Carol
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: Fw: Update for Amber Adamson Thursday, May 18, 6:30pm
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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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