Update on Mike

Well we have another update on Mike. This past Tuesday we met with the Neurologist at USC, she was AWESOME!! Totally took time to talk with us about what MS is and how it affects us and answered all of our questions that we had, it really made us feel like a team trying to work at this together. She reviewed Mike's MRI and noticed that he has three lesions on his brain and one on his spinal cord which explains the loss of vision in his left eye and the pain and numbness he's been feeling in his arms and legs. She is a little concerned though about how slow his vision is returning, so she is having Mike test for a rare form of MS. We should get those results in a couple of weeks, once we get that Mike will be able to start the treatment needed. The doctor also mentioned possibly doing a procedure called "Plasma Exchange" which would flush out the plasma in his blood and would help in the recovery of his vision. Unfortunately he would be in the hospital for 5 to 6 days, but at this point we'll do anything to help him see!!
We've joined the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and received some good information to help us understand what we're in for. We're both really into getting as much information as possible to help us understand more and more.
As always thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers, we have so many amazing family and friends! I can't even tell you how grateful we are. So many of you have been awesome from offering to baby sit Jude to offering to bring meals over! We couldn't have asked for better support during this crazy time in our lives.