The Beginning

As many of you are aware, on Sunday, December 16, 2007, Travis was taken by ambulance to the emergency room in Houston, Texas for high blood pressure and for an “episode” that seemed to be stroke. A CT scan and MRI found that Travis had a tumor growing on the right side of his brain that is 6cm (2.5 in.). Shocked and stunned we sat in the emergency room with family and friends by our side. The next couple of days in the hospital were filled with tests and meetings with doctors. Our first consultation was with a very wise and well respected neurosurgeon at Memorial Hermann Hospital, Dr. Moradi. On Monday, we were blessed with the opportunity to meet with Dr. Sawaya, head of neurosurgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center for a second opinion. We were encouraged by his report, which matched Dr. Moradi’s in almost every aspect, and were even more grateful when he recommended Dr. Fred Lang to perform the surgery. Dr. Lang is a graduate of Yale medical school and has performed more surgeries on this type of tumor than any doctor in the United States.