Long story short, DH has been having severe back pain for the past 10 months (regularly a 9-10 on a 10 pt scale; think intense labor pain level). He had an MRI in January that was declared negative by a radiologist, was seen by a spine surgeon and a pain management dr, all of which noted a slight disc problem. He had numerous injections and almost had a vertebral fusion. With symptoms getting worse and involving problems urinating and producing a BM, a friend who is an interventional radiologist offered to look at the MRIs and CTs because he felt they were missing something. It turns out that they missed a spinal tumor that was plainly visible on the first MRI from January, and all of the DRs missed it. DH was in surgery within a week of finding out about the tumor, as it was suddenly deemed an emergency after being blown off for 9 months. (we went to a new Dr, BTW)
DH was in bad shape, and our friend offering to read the images and finding the tumor saved his life, as well as preventing the tumor from doing any further damage to the spinal nerves. Besides our first born child, what would be an appropriate gift? We are in TX and they just moved to Boston a few days after this incredible act of kindness. They are in their early 30s with a 4 month old baby.
Thanks!!!!!