The following narrative was prepared by John Hartig to caption this picture. John's 17 year old son, Brett, suggested putting this picture on the BLOG because all the pictures of John so far show a S#&t eating grin on his face. But even in pain, John is smiling.....
"During a routine MRI to check the right side of John's brain where the golf ball size tumor was removed and radiation therapy was done, the news on the right side was pretty good. There were no immediate tumor dangers. But the MRI spotted a pea to marble sized tumor on the left side of his brain. The doctors jumped into action ordering a 'slice MRI' and setting up a surgical procedure named Gamma Knife Surgery. Brett had to drive him to the procedure. Brett had been kidding John about how much pain he's been in, yet all our pictures show him with a 's&#t' eating grin on his face. The med staff were about to take some pictures to document the procedure so Brett saw some great opportunities to get John in a much less friendly atmosphere. The cage frame work you see is part of a plexiglas cage which is bolted down to keep John's head still during the procedure. The posts you see on the front are matched by 2 more posts at about the same places on the back of John's head. The blood had just been wiped away. Each post is literally screwed into John's head. Brett was figuring we might see tears, but John had heard Brett talking to the nurses about getting a picture of John in a hurting situation. Much to Brett's dismay John somehow managed the 's&#t' eating partial grin!
Unfortunately, there has been other bad news for John since the successful Gamma Knife Surgery. They have found traces of the cancer in John's spine, lungs and left eye rendering his left eye somewhat useless at this time."
John wants to thank all of you for your notes, cards, phone calls and prayers.
1 comment:
Good words.
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