March 11, 2005

Three weeks ago we could see a white spot under Jonathan's pupil when he turned his head a certain way. I thought it was my imagination. His mama saw it too. On his next trip to the pediatrician they looked at it and sent him to Dr Wiggins, a pediatric ophthalmologist in Asheville, NC. He looked at his eye and felt that it was retinoblastoma. Jonathan had a CAT-Scan on March 10, 2005 and it was confirmed. The tumor has grown so large that it has already caused the retina to become detached. There are also suspicious white spots in his other eye.

March 21, 2005

Jonathan had an appointment at Children's Hospital at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. No eating after midnight the night before and only water or Gator-Ade until 7:00 AM. We arrived at the hospital at 8:30 AM. They prepared you for your MRI and you had it at 11:00 AM. Shortly after you had a EUA under general anethesia. Dr Hubbard came out and told your parents that there was both good and bad news. The good news was that your right eye appeared to have no sign of Retinoblastoma, while your left eye was going to have to be removed.