MRI Results

We received the MRI results late yesterday afternoon. It told us a lot of what we already new from the head ultrasound. There has been some tissue deterioration in one hemisphere of Nathan's brain. It's hard to say how much deterioration. The other hemisphere looks almost perfect. He does have a small subdural hematoma. We aren't sure if this is actually blood or a pocket of fluid from the earlier edema he had.

Several encouraging things that weren't evident on the ultrasound before. There doesn't appear to be any bleeding in his brain. Obviously, this is a good thing. There also doesn't appear to be any further deterioration from what we saw on the earlier ultrasound. This is also good because it means he doesn't appear to be getting any worse. Just holding stable. The big piece of good news is that there doesn't appear to be a midline shift in his brain. This would have been an indication of continued swelling and it can lead to not only brain but brain stem issues.

So, what does all this mean for Nathan developmentally. Unfortunately, we just don't know. There is still so little that medical science really knows about the brain. He does have his youth going for him. So few of his neural pathways are actually formed right now. So, we are just going to wait, pray and see what happens.

We continue to draw strength from the words of Jesus in Matthew 19:26, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."