We got home from Michigan yesterday. Thursday November 6, 2008. Exactly one week after Ethan's neuro-surgery. Everything went perfectly!
Heavenly Father has truely showered blessings upon us this week.
Our kids were so thrilled and relieved to see Ethan looking so great. I think they were all very trepedatious about how he would look and act. I'm so happy they had a great time while we were gone. I felt bad about missing Halloween but thanks to Val and Mark they had a blast.
Okay, I don't know how to pull up pictures on my blog in the order that I want them. I just had to upload pictures and describe what is happening in each one. So, if you want the whole story you have to start at the bottom when Ethan is on the airplane in blue sweats and read your way back up to the top.
This is the 7th day and we just couldn't take it anymore.
the boys are chillin' while I pack up the room. 
He looks pretty cute in his hospital gown.
So they ended up removing all of his left hemisphere except for the frontal lobe. And they were able to leave most of the motor cortex. The doctors told us this was the best case scenerio because the frontal lobe is all higher intelligence, reason and logic. The motor cortex allows him to use his rightside.It is amazing how meticulus the surgeon has to be. He told us about coaxing viens apart with special tiny tools and separating tissue layer by layer. We are so grateful to Dr. Sood for his masterful execution of this procedure. We can see why he's the best! Other Doctors would have done a totally hemispherectomy on Ethan, because they feel all this disecting is too risky. I have some pictures of the tissue they removed and it looks totally dead. It is all dense, black and shrivelled.
They believe Ethan has a 90% chance of being completely seizure free! We are hoping this is the start of a great new life for him.
6 comments:
I am so glad to see all of these photos. Ethan looks amazing by that last day. I still can't believe how great he looked just 3 days post-op.
I can't wait to come home and see all your other brain photos.
We are all so relieved Ethan's surgery went as perfectly as it did. Love you guys! See you in a couple weeks.
Thanks for the update. I can't believe what a huge procedure this was. I'm so glad it went so well, hope Ethan's recovery goes well.
omg mary i just bawled through this whole story. i am beyond happy for your beautiful ethan. what a stellar kid he is. it looks like the hardest part is over. good luck with the rest of the recovery. love you guys!
Wow! That is about all I can say. The things that can be done today is so amazing! I am glad that you were able to find that doctor/s to help Ethan. Hopefully, this leads to more restful nights for you and your family and life can get to "normal" (whatever that is). He is such a doll and what a blessing he is. I love you guys!
I'm so thrilled for you all. It was wonderful to see him yesterday, and know for myself how well he's doing.
Love you all. Our whole family was so relieved the procedure went so well. Can't wait to see sweet Ethan!
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