Good News/ Bad News

We finally met Dr. Levitt today. It was kind of surreal. I've read so much about him and spent so much time researching him online from afar. Today we saw that he's an actual person! He was very nice. Spent plenty of time with us. Was patient and very knowlegable and optimistic. I liked him right away. He had a few ideas about what might be going on with Chase from the x-rays that were taken yesterday but the exam and biopsy under anesthesia would tell the story with more certainty.

Chase went in for the exam shortly after our consult with Dr. Levitt and he tolerated it all very well, as usual. We met with the Dr. again after the exam. He found something unexpected. Apparently, the surgeon who operated on Chase as an infant used a method that sometimes results in a particular complication. It seems, Chase is in a very small percentage of kids who develop this complication. So, the good news is that he found the source of the problem. The bad news is that Chase will need to have another surgery and we'll have to return to Cincinnati in the next little while. He also explained that the reoperation wouldn't guarentee that Chase would be fixed and that he may still need other treatment through out his life.

So, we shall see. We'll only know how successful the operation is a month after it's done. I was hoping things would turn out a little less complicated but it is what it is and we'll do what we need to do to make his life a good as humanly possible.

Waiting for the Exam


Looking a little out of it, after the exam


Almost back to Normal

Chase bounced back quickly once he woke up. We went to the cafeteria and he ate two cupcakes and a lemonade. We came back to the hotel and took it easy for a while but decided to venture out a bit later in the afternoon.

We didn't rent a car because the hotel has a shuttle to take us to and from the hospital and I didn't want to have to deal with the possibility of getting lost and being late for any of our appointments. So our venturing is done within walking distance of our hotel. There are a few places to eat and a little park close by. I took some random pics of some old buildings. I'm so intrigued by old things. There are lots of cool little cobblestone roads and old tree lined parkways. There's an historic cemetary nearby that my mom and I are dying to explore but I don't know if we'll get around to it. Anyway, we're planning to take the bus to Newport Kentucky this weekend and take in some of the area attractions.