Surgery Scheduled

So, I've been told my first surgery is set for Nov. 8th. My second surgery is set for Nov. 16th. My first surgery is the decompression surgery. Basically the neurosurgeons are going to remove a piece of my skull and some vertebrae pieces then add a graft (cow's heart lining) to open up the space that is blocking my spinal fluid to flow correctly. Then I'm told I will be in ICU for a week stuck in a halo traction thing that they add weights to in order to pull and straighten my spine before they do the next surgery. The second surgery is the fixation surgery where they will add metal rods or something like that to fuse my neck vertebraes.

The whole time I was listening to the doctor explain this to my parents and me I was thinking,  "what the....?" Grrr.


Note: my mom helped me with this post

1 comments:

Kyle's mom said...

I have mixed feelings about Kyle having surgery. I am glad the doctors found out what is wrong with him and I am glad it it something that can be fixed. But I am scared for him to have to go thru it. I wish it was me instead.

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