6. February 2009 by admin.

Well Sarah was down in the pre-op area and they just gave her something to make her drowsy. At that time Dr. Mangano came in and told us that he had a family emergency and needed to leave. He gave us the choice of letting Dr. Crone (Director of Neurosurgery) do the procedure or reschedule for Monday. We decided to reschedule for Monday. Dr. Crone is a world class neurosurgeon but we just felt that he didn’t know Sarah enough. I will update the blog later after we get back to her room and get settled back in.

I am sure God has a reason for the delay.

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6. February 2009 by admin.

Sarah’s surgery time was moved from 7:30 to 9:00. We had a lengthy discussion with Dr. Mangano this evening. The procedure we decided was best isn’t a full anatomical hemispherectomy. It is what is being called a “modified functional hemispherectomy”. Basically they are removing most of the hemisphere, but not all of it. This will lower the chance of serious complications. The areas that will be left have “hot spots” but are not causing any seizures to manifest which means that they are disconnected and shouldn’t cause any problems. We just felt that this was the right course of action at this time.

I will keep the blog updated tomorrow. Please pray for Sarah.

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