Hope this helps keep everyone updated since I can't seem to find the time to always write, and let you know. Michael was diagnosed with a brain tumor January 22, 2003. The name of the tumor is Ependymoma. Ependymomas arise from cells lining the passageways in the brain that produce and store the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. (CSF is a fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord.) These tumors are classified as either supratentorial (in the top part of the head) or infratentorial (in the back of the head). In children, the majority of ependymomas occur as infratentorial tumors arising in or around the fluid-filled fourth ventricle.

Journal

Friday, July 6, 2007

Hello everyone. Well, yesterday was Michael's birthday he would have been 7. Yesterday morning was rough, but then I started remembering all the good times that we have had through out the years. I know that he is feeling better this year he is not in any pain, he can see, and he is running around playing with the other angels. We had a little birthday party for him, and let balloons go. It was really nice, but hard at the same time.

It is so hard to believe that it has almost been a year since he left us. At times it feels like it was just yesterday, and at other times it feels like it has been a lifetime. He will always be with us he is a very amazing person.

The girls are all doing well. Adreanna is up and running around getting into EVERYTHING! Alexsis is going to 3rd grade next year so she is very excited about that. Ashlee has to go back to 1st. She reads really well at home, but at school she just wants to play. I am back in school and I should be finished by next summer. I am going to run I will put up some new pictures over the weekend.

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