In hindsight we should have been more vigilant about dogging on Amy (Jo, to her family) to see yet another doctor. She hadn't been herself in...well...forever. Former workaholic teacher and passionate coach, the old Amy was slipping away right before our eyes. No one could figure out what was wrong with her, least of all Amy. She could barely drag herself to work, much less try to figure out which doctor to see next. No one could find anything wrong with her...from diabetes to hypertension to thyroid issues...Amy was fine. She was beginning to think it was all in her head and that she was going crazy.... Little did she know that it really was ALL in her head.
Since the discovery of "Tumzilla" last Wednesday morning Amy's life has turned upside down. All our lives have. While trying to keep working, coaching and supporting her dear friend, Heather MacIntosh in her battle with breast cancer, she was slowly but surely losing herself. A baseball sized tumor approximately 2 -3 years old was finally taking it's knockout punch in her brain. It took an ordinary eye doctor at a routine eye exam to discover why she felt so awful. He looked into her dilated eyes and saw a mass pressing on her optic nerve. He immediately had her doctor order an MRI which revealed an 8 cm tumor in her right frontal lobe.
More information tomorrow.
This blog is being presented by Amy Jo Carlson's friends so that all those concerned about Amy's progress in conquering her brain tumor can receive regular updates.
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