I remember being about 13 or 14 years old and sitting in a meeting with my parents and a few surgeons discussing the probabilities of left-side paralysis in my younger brother pending a brain tumor removal (roughly the size of a navel orange, if I recall correctly). That prospect was frightening to consider... he thankfully survived with few side effects, and no paralysis.

I wish you and the author all the best. People like me who've never had to stare into that abyss personally can only imagine.