Thursday, March 10, 2011

Surgery is done

We just talked to Jacob's Neurosurgeon, and he is out and doing well.  It will be a bit before we can see him, but everything went smooth.  He had a little bit of blood loss, but it was less than average he said.  He will be out of it for a bit, and probably won't recognize the use of his right side right away, but that should not last long though.  That will also be a big part of his therapy.  They will send things off for a biopsy and should have some kind of results in a week or so, but that does not mean it will give a reason on why his malformation, it will just give us a name for it.  He also said it appeared that the 2 sides of the brain were not talking to each other, and he thinks that is a good thing, but it is hard to say for sure.  It could also mean it will be a bit more work for rehab. There definitely was an abnormality on the left side, but that the right side appears to be normal, so It appears the surgery was definitely a good thing.  The next week will probably be the hardest, with emphasis on the last part of the week (the next couple of days he will be a bit out of it with pain meds and then after that everything will start "waking up" so to speak).    

6 comments:

  1. I'm happy everyone can finally exhale!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Katheryn and EmilyMarch 10, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    So glad to hear that everything went well. Way to go Jacob!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I'm so glad to hear the surgery went well. Way to hang in there Momma! When Fiona was heavily sedated and sleeping a lot the ICU nurses warned me to take advantage of it and rest up, as it would get much harder when she woke up and started feeling better. And they were very right! So get as much rest as possible right now. Thank you for the updates, we are thinking of you all the time!

    ReplyDelete
  4. All of 9 East is glad he is doing well and you are in our thoughts and prayers.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Praise GOD!! I am so glad to hear everything went as planned. Good boy Jacob!!! Hugs to you all.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thinking of you. We are glad things went well and that he came out OK. You all are in our prayers. (Susan is with me today) so from Sam and Susan

    ReplyDelete

Baseball is in "full Swing"

It is baseball season in the Wilkison house and all three boys are playing, so that has kept us pretty busy.  We seem to have eith...