Grace is out of surgery and in her room. The neurosurgeon was very pleased with what he was able to do. He identified a place where her spine was tethered and freed it up. It was not what he expected to find...what he expected to find was a bunch of nerves bound up in scar tissue that needed to be cleaned up in a very tedious fashion. He was very concerned with that process because it was so invasive and would have included a graft to enlarge the area around the lower spine. It also would have included several more hours of surgery and any number of weeks of additional recovery. As it is, she was in the OR until about 2:30 and that seemed long enough! So once again, Grace remains unpredictable....
We are relieved that he was able to free the tether without the need to do more a more invasive procedure. It should shorten the hospital stay and we are hopeful it will dramatically shorten recovery at home. We are hopeful that it is a long term solution....so now the hard part, waiting to find out.
We were blessed to have family and friends sit with us for the entire morning and into the afternoon....as well as what seemed to be hundreds praying throughout the surgery. To all, a huge THANK YOU. Grace is in quite a bit of pain so I will sign off for now. Thanks for loving on us.
Kevin
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ReplyDeleteGreat news about the surgery! Grace is such an amazing little girl! We are lifting up your whole family.
Much love
Winn family
Praise God for the surgery! Praying that the Lord would ease her pain and bring about a quick recovery. Praying for rest for all of you tonight.
ReplyDeleteCarrie and Kevin- Know that we are continuing to pray for your whole family, and now Grace's recovery. Call if you need anything! Love, The Bahrs
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