A dear family friend of ours, Mandy Castanon, had an MRI a few weeks ago to discover she had several benign tumors in her brain. One was pushing on her optical nerve, another on her pituitary gland. They were removed through a 10 hour brain surgery on Monday. My understanding through talking with her family is that she was in a sedated state for 24 hrs following the surgery and now that they have taken her off the sedatives she has not yet awoken. They did a test to see what level of awareness she had, and she has scored lower than the doctors and family had hoped. She is still in need of the power of pray. Please take a moment to offer up Mandy and her Family in Prayer. Some of you may know her in relation to her brother Nathan Castanon that passed away in a car accident in 2002 near Walla Walla coming home from Mandy's game at the friendship tournament. She is also the beautiful girl that sang 'The Prayer' at our wedding.
I will update my blog when I know more.
**WEDNESDAY 1:20pm** breathing on her own and moving her extremities, but is still taking awhile to wake up after the surgery
**Wednesday 10pm** Great news!!! She is waking up!! I went to see her parents tonight and they were headed home for some much needed rest. Her mom was SO excited and with good reason - as they were leaving and saying good bye Mandy opened her eyes a crack and said "I love you Mama". YAY!!! The MRI today was good and she is breathing on her own now! Such wonderful news, thank you SO MUCH for your prayers. I know each one was heard.
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Tina, our prayers have already started to head that direction for Mandy and her family as they pray through this difficult time. Thank you for the update and the request. Also, if you haven't already commented... go to Liz's blog and leave a comment who knows? maybe you could win again!
Hey pretty lady! I can't believe that about Mandy, how tough for her parents! I'm so glad to hear that she is doing well now. It's so wild to think that before not too long Ethan is going to be a part of surgeries. They are intense on so many levels. Well, I hope your kiddos are all better by now. How's life, friend???
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