Staying Positive

16. July 2008 by admin.

Sarah had a few seizures yesterday. I captured one on video to show her doctors. I felt my heart drop when I saw this. We were told that some kids will have seizures for a while after the surgery, but since I am not a patient person I am stressing over this. They are going to give her a loading dose of steroids. Maybe if the irritated areas on the right side of her brain have a chance to calm down they will stay calm since there is no disease on that side to keep irritating them. I think that is the plan.

We are trying to stay on the positive with how miraculous Sarah’s recovery has been so far. She was put back on solid foods last night. They clamped off her brain drain (that is what i am calling it) yesterday and she will get a CT scan this morning. If everything looks good they will pull it out and she will be able to move around a bit more. I am going to go over and get some pictures of her today to post. Dr. Franz told me yesterday that he would have never thought she would be able to speak so well following this surgery. At her age, all the speech (sensorineural and motor) comes from the left side of the brain.

I am trying to update more often, but until Kim and I get some type of schedule figured out there isn’t much time.  I will try to post more tonight or tomorrow morning.

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