Team William: Diagnosis

In October of 2012, William began to have horrible headaches that would last for 1 day with associated symptoms of vomiting and nausea. He would have these headaches only once every 4-6 weeks until May when he had one the last week and then again the second week of June. In July, he visited a neurologist and had a MRA done. A couple days later, William received a phone call from the neurologist saying something did not look right on the MRA and that there was a bunch of swelling in his brain and he was to check himself into the closest ER.

William checked himself in, and the next morning was informed that he had a tumor that was "malignant." It was located in his frontal lobe and was bigger than a golf ball. Needless to say, William and Eda were both shocked. The next day, William went into surgery (craniotomy) around 4:30 and did not get out until 9:15 pm. He recovered in the hospital after the craniotomy, and three days later was discharged home.

Today, William and his wife, Eda, received the devastating news that the tumor was an astrocytoma stage 3, but there were areas of stage 4 glioblastoma. Since part of the tumor has a higher stage, the whole tumor is actually graded to that stage, which means he is classified as having "stage 4 glioblastoma", which is the most aggressive tumor. Understandably, they are filled with fear and devastated that their futures are not what they could ever imagined them to be. With two young girls at home (Abigail- 4 1/2 and Audrey - 8 months), they could use all the support we can give them. Please join us as we encourage their family and pray for a miracle for William.

*Many of you have asked how they can help support the Lewis family. Here is a list of ideas. Thank you SO much in advance for your encouragement and love.

Prayer Requests

-For continued healing from William's brain surgery

-For financial peace for Eda and William-- since William did not have life insurance, they are feeling a tremendous amount of financial pressure

-For peace for their family as they try to soak in this new diagnosis

Post Surgery- Hanging out with Audrey