Homeschooling a Houseful

Surgery

8:10 PM, Jan. 29, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

Surgery went well. It took 3 1/2 hours. When the doctor came to talk to me he said everything went well, but when he got inside it was "interesting". I felt like I was going to faint. Besides having a whole in his eye socket, which in itself is interesting, there was actually a whole in the outer lining of the brain, so the next layer was bulging out past it. He didn't expect that. The next surprise came when I was checking in after lunch to be sure he was still in recovery, he was and then the gal said, did you know he was going to ICU. Um, no, they said he was going to a regular room. Nope, ICU. Momentary panic then I told myself that since they did operate inside his head, maybe ICU makes sense. When he made it to ICU I asked the nurse if this is normal to be in ICU after surgery, she said NO. She said everything looked good and her thinking is that because of the uniqueness of the surgery the doctor wanted him closely watched. She had never seen his surgery before, and the doctor hadn't either.

So, all went well but it was an exhausting day for me.

I am going to put a picture on my blog of what Dan looked like when I left today. Poor guy, he was really sick and tonight is still feeling nauseous.

Dan will have a CT in the morning and if everything is OK then he should be moved into a regular room.

Thank you to all who have been praying for us. We really appreciate it. God is good, and even though there were some moments where I felt overwhelmed, I always knew that God is in control and nothing surprises Him.

Here is a picture of Dan from this afternoon. Poor guy....