The morning after...

Just read a great report from Stacy:

Good Morning..
Timmy had a great night last night. He slept soundly. He is still so sedated that he tried to use his fingers to pry open his eyes. Jim and I both stayed with him last night and took turns by his bedside  He had to have a little medicine to help with blood clotting, but otherwise it has been uneventful.  They started him on some pain medication to help with headaches and soreness around the incision. 

The Neurosurgeon came by today and said that the tissue he removed was very abnormal and was "doing him no good" to have it in. It was such a great confimation that surgery was the best option for him.  It was such a big decision for us knowing that it was not a slam dunk for taking away his epilepsy. 

We came so close to calling it off yesterday because we had last minute questions and Timmy had a seizure in the waiting room so we thought a flurry might postpone things.  It all came together.  He is likely to be very groggy today too.

Amazingly they are still talking about  discharging him Monday.  The rest of our family is planning to fly out since we already purchased their tickets and we will take a few days for him to heal a little more before jumping on the plane to Tucson.

I am amazed at how it has all come together, no grids/probes surgery prior, a dialed in resection ( that is surgery talk for extraction, nothing to do with the economy) of the abnormal tissue. The process, though emotional as a parent, has been flawless in how it all came together. I thank God this morning for how he paved the way.

We are tired today, but hopeful and actually joyful today to be on "the other side" of surgery.

Hopefully tonight I can get an eyes wide open pic of Timmy, but for now we will let him rest.

We feel INCREDIBLY BLESSED to know so many people are praying and encouraging us through this.  We are so grateful for all of you its crazy.
Stacy

So great to see through Stacy's and Jim's eyes how this all worked out.  Our prayers are still needed, however, as Timmy has a ways to go to heal, and for everyone to assess over time what kind of difference this surgery will make.  If you are a part of the army of pray-ers for Tim and his family, thank you so much!

Comments

[Juli Jarvis]

So good to hear this!

[Beverly]

Thanks for the update, Vicki. This has got to have been such a hard time. I can't imagine. It will be so interesting to hear how he does.

There is a young man, turning 40, (that's young, isn't it) who has CF. He's an MK from Haiti. He had a double lung transplant 10 years ago at Duke University Hospital. He has had three episodes where he has gone into rejection. Each time the doctors have been able to get him going again. His comment? "I think God and Duke for keeping me alive." He knows his times are in His hands.