Trey Rock

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Last Tuesday, April 21st, Trey developed a severe migraine with nausea, vomiting, and a bit of unsteadiness. He was treated at Moses Cone Urgent Care for the migraine and sent home after the symptoms eased off. Wednesday and Thursday overall Trey felt fine.  Late Friday morning, April 24th, all the same symptoms returned. Due to it being Friday afternoon, imaging wouldn't be able to be scheduled until after the weekend, so we went to the Emergency Room. The performed a CAT (CT) scan of Trey head. It showed a posterior right parietal mass. He then had an MRI of the brain to get more detail on the mass. Unfortunately, 2 neurosurgeons and a radiologist diagnosed the mass as a glioblastoma (GBM).  Glioblastomas are the most common type of brain tumor in adults. They are incurable Grade IV tumors, which are aggressive and can grow and spread quickly. Due to their structure, most cannot be completely removed so chemotherapy and radiation are commonly used after tumor removal to kill cancer cells and slow new tumor growth.