Meg in the "MEG"

Mrs. O'Brien took this picture of Megan in the MEG machine. I thought you would like to see what it is like.

Middlesex Sports Club Supports Megan

We are overwhelmed by the support from the town of Middlesex. The Middlesex Sports Club has chosen Megan to be the beneficiary of their Texas Hold'em Tournament. The Tournament will take place on Saturday Oct 27, 2007 at 11:00 am and will start at noon. If anyone would like to enter, the cost is $30.00 and limited to 100 entrants. You can contact Vito LaSala (732) 968-1193. If you are like me and have no idea how to play, the Middlesex Sports Club is looking for volunteers to serve food and beverages to contestants. Please contact me at chemeyn@middlesex.k12.nj.us. The Chemey Family would like to thank the Middlesex Sports Club for their loving support of Megan

Megan's Meg Test

Well, Megan did an outstanding job on this test. We will not know any results from the test for a month. It takes that long to map the information from the MEG onto her MRI of her brain to give a detailed picture of her brain and the locations of speech and language in her brain. This sounds like science fiction or what you would see on the show "House".

I would like to publicly thank Mrs. O'Brien who is Megan's teacher. Mrs. O'Brien went with us Wednesday to help Megan do the MEG test at Children's Hospital.
Mrs. O'Brien is an outstanding example of how teachers impact our children's lives. We all need to thank our children's teachers who help our children reach for the stars.

"MEG" Test

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!

Megan has been scheduled for her next pre-surgery test. The "MEG" (I think that is the correct spelling) is schedule for Wed Sept 19. This test uses magnetics to detect magnetic fields in your brain as you are doing some kind of skill such as talking. The theory behind this is the area of the brain giving off the magnetic field is the area of the brain controlling this skill. Hopefully, all the magnetic fields in Megan's brain will be on the right side. Megan likes going to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) because they have great food. A hospital with great food? Go Figure!!! I will hopefully have good news next week.

Megan passed her first pre-surgery test. She is now being scheduled for a mag test. This test requires her to do certain activities while wearing a big magnetic helmet so they can locate magnetic fields in her brain. For those of us who are not medically train, the test will show which side of Megan's brain contains speech and language. We need Megan's speech and language to be located on the right side of her brain so the surgeons can remove the entire left side of her brain. I am hoping this test will be schedule sometime in September. Megan has started having continual seizures at night again so the doctors have doubled her steroid dosage which is not good for Megan but this little hiccup in her journey could move the process along faster I hope. Take care.