Preparing to go to Nashville.

[Digdoug]

Brian's surgery is scheduled for 7:30 Tuesday morning. We decided to get a room for tonight instead of getting up at 3am and making the 3 hour drive on just a few hours sleep. This is probably the most serious surgery on his tumors so far. They are going to split his pallet and remove some bone from the back to get as much tumor out as possible. The tumor is getting very close to his spine. One doctor said they may actually have to remove the left side of his jaw to get to the tumor. Pray they don't have to do this, I can't imagine how much pain would be involved. There is a slight risk he won't survive this and they said to expect a lot of blood loss. We have had people donate blood in case a transfusion is needed. The other risk is the pallet won't heal correctly and leave a hole that will have to be repaired later. Brian has sensed the seriousness of this surgery and has mentioned he is afraid he won't make it. Needless to say, we have spent as much time as possible doing things with him he enjoys and buying him toys that we would normally only buy him for Christmas or birthdays. Brian and I went to church this morning and then after work he and I played with some pistols that shoot soft Nerf darts. We set up a target to shoot at and ended up having a duel in the driveway. He didn't stand a chance against dad...I've read to many westerns!! Then we got out a soft football and he ran routes...well...he actually rolled the routes in his wheelchair...and I lobbed passes to him until it was too dark to see. We had a blast.

I stress out like this before all of his major surgeries and then am elated and feel a little sheepish afterwords when all goes well... so thank you for letting me vent a little. Deep down inside I know he will do just fine and the Lord will guide the surgeons hands and He will give us many more years with Brian.

If I can get my laptop to work I'll update you on how things go and if I can't get on-line I'll call Mike from Mi.

Thanks for your prayers!!

 

[VT Dave]

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[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

My prayers will begin now. I will also alert our prayer chain at church to get more prayers on the way! Do they have a estimated time on how long the surgery will take? Give me a call and I will update if you can't get on-line.

 

[Pete in MI]

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[Anonymous]

Been lurking when I can Doug, Had Brian in my prayers. You all are in my prayers

Jeff

 

[happy harold]

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[Joe G]

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