What a Day

Today was a long day. It began at 5:30 am, and is now to the relax go to bed stage. Christopher's surgery went well. The surgeon said it was more complex than he expected and didn't know about what he found until he opened him up. Christopher's right side of his Cerebellum was completely blocking that side of his spinal canal (I'll reread this tomorrow for accuracy), and the left part of his Cerbellum was forced to find it's way under and around his spinal cord...so it seems there was some untangling to do along with cutting the skull away. He only lost 10cc's of blood (something like a tablespoon) during the surgery. When I first saw him in recovery he was asleep of course, and has some bandages stapled to the back of his head...yes...the bandage is stapled to his head. It is about an inch wide (the bandages), and about 4 inches or so in length. He is sore, and is on Lortab for the pain. He is able to take it orally, and has taken some sips of water and Gatorade. One of the times he woke up...in the brief moment he was awake...he asked to see the game we had got him for his DS. He wanted to see the back of the box...LOL...he loves his games.

The surgeon and staff at Dallas Children's has been amazing. The hospital is great, and exceeds my expectations of it's rating. It should rank higher in our opinion. We were also told by the nurses that Dr Sklar is the "MAN" to be doing this sort of surgery in the Nation, and if their child were in need they would only use him. That was comforting. Thank you for everyone's prayers. Hopefully he will be more awake tomorrow and not in pain.

On the other front. Here's a link to our friend that was in the accident in Oregon. It's a miracle that she is alive to be treated. She has a long road, but seems to be putting up a great fight. Here's a link to the CaringBridge for Laurie.