Surgery Day: Version 5

9. February 2009 by admin.

Well we are just two days shy of when all this started with Sarah. She is in the OR now. We have not heard anything, but should be notified when they actually start to cut. I will keep this updated as we are updated.

8:50am

Official start time is 8:50am. She is doing OK.

11:30am

Sarah is doing fine and the surgery is going good.

12:30pm

We just got word that they are starting to close. It may be another couple of hours before we get to see her.

3:45pm

We are in ICU with Sarah. She is doing fine. She is getting an xray right now. She will be getting a CAT scan in about an hour. Dr. Mangano talked to us when we first got up here and told us that he removed about 55% of the hemisphere and retraced his steps on the back part that remains to make sure there are no connections. He also said that they had to use the drill to open her skull. He was not expecting that so I guess she is a good healer.

6:30pm

Dr. Mangano stopped in to see Sarah one more time before he went home. He showed us her CAT scan and said it looks great. He expects that she will be able to go back to the Nuero floor sometime tomorrow. I sent Kim home for the night so she can spend some time with the other kids and get some sleep. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and words of encouragement. Sarah’s school made her a big banner. She loved it. Hopefully she will be back with them very soon. Thank you Hailey for the valentine card. It Rocks!

The Lord certainly has seen her through these times and brought her though stronger each time. She is showing no more deficits than she had this morning.

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