Thursday, September 2, 2010
So the Big News is . . .
It looks like Ben's second surgery will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. The Dr's all met with Ben and Scott this afternoon (after I went home for dinner) and said that Ben has had enough seizures that all came from the left hippocampus. This confirms what we thought before the test. They also did about 2 hours of mapping on Ben's brain this evening to test his verbal skills, and will test his memory at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Since the hippocampus deals with memory, the test tomorrow morning will be the deciding factor in whether or not they can safely remove his left hippocampus during surgery. Even if they decided they can't do that, they plan on removing the electrodes tomorrow. So it looks like surgery of one kind or another for tomorrow. It will be good to finish this ordeal sooner than later, but I'll admit I'm a little shell shocked right now. Up until 6 or so this evening, I really thought we'd have 4 more days till the next surgery.
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At least this is good news - and you don't have to stay longer and longer waiting, right? We will be praying extra hard tomorrow for Ben. Wish we could be there.
ReplyDeleteOh my tomorrow will be a big day for you guys! Tell Ben his blanket is pretty sweet. We'll be praying for you :)
ReplyDeleteLove you all so much. Praying a ton. Shell shocked is probably a mild way of putting it. I can't even imagine all you are going through and will tonight and tomorrow. Praying so hard.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a big surprise! I'm sure you will both be glad to be out of the hospital sooner, though. We will be praying for Ben (and all of you) all day today. If they do the surgery to remove the part of the hippocampus today, how long will the surgery go?
ReplyDeleteLove you all lots!!
That just snuck up on you didn't it. We are continuing to pray for your family and hope for the best.
ReplyDeleteHugs to you all. Ben is one tough cookie. Hoping surgery will go smoothly. Sending prayers...
ReplyDeleteTara