ChuckAb3 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Prayers on the way from Colorado. God Bless you both. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyhawg Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 So sorry to hear about this. You and your wife are in my thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 May God's grace be with you and your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Your family is in our prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatnoop Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 wishing the best for you and your family.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Will certainly be lifting all of your family up in prayer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hope all is well, your wife and family are in my prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bracurrie Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I hate it when the long post that took forever to type gets lost when you hit the post button! Thoughts and prayers for you guys. But on the lost post, I often express better the second or third time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Positive thoughts are with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Cal--praying for you and your wife. Hope she gets fantastic results from the surgery. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprinter1104 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Cal, prayers and blessings to you and your wife. Praying for a successful surgery and for you to have the strength to help her along this painful journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Cal, Best wishes today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Thanks everyone. Right now we are 2 hours into the surgery but it should be done soon. There was a good positive result just with the. Antiinflamitory she got in preperation for surgery so we have good hopes of a positive outcome of the surgery which the point of is to reduce pressure in her head. Well, back to waiting for the doc to finish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The best of luck Buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Ok we just spoke to the doc . They removed what was thought to have caused this cyst but left the cyst its self as it was so large it was needed to prevent excessive movement of the brain. There is a drain tube installed and she will be in ICU for a few days but it is looking good at the moment! Thank you all for the support, prayers work and we had a lot of support both here and in at church and from family and their churches. Edited March 12, 2014 by Cal Blacksmith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Great news. Still sending positive thoughts to you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Cal, Please keep us up to date if you can. Some of us have been through similar trials recently and feel like we are there with you. Best wishes to you both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Great news Cal--very happy for you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 This is a little more in depth, I have a real keyboard to use, not that tiny thing on the phone. Thank you all, so much. Lets see, when last we joined our hero, .... LOL! Lots has happened. The surgery was postponed Tue, the doc wanted to know more, he got a conference together with about 6 other ... brain docs, to kick around what they may find and what to do about it. They basically came up with the same thing that the last set of docs came up with about 30 years ago when this all started, they decided that it did not fit into any box, no disease that is on the books, .... my wife is... unique but I could have told them that from the start! The operated this morning and the surgery took about two hours. They started by drilling a hole (yet another hole) in her head as she did not have anything already predrilled where they wanted to have access. This cyst is a new one from any of the others she has from before, it was about 6 cm in dia and if I have my conversion factor right (or if I used the correct metric unit to start with) it was about 2.5 inches across (growing in the center of the brain) When they got inside, they found some necrotic tissue (dead tissue of some sort) that was attached to the wall of the cyst and they were sure that the tissue was the reason for this cyst. To get access to the tissue, they needed a bigger access point so they made the hole in her head even bigger. They removed the tissue but due to the size of the cyst, if they removed it or made it too small too fast, they were afraid of causing the blood vessels that in part tie the brain to the inside of the skull to rupture and bleed. So they decided to place a tube into the cyst and now she has it sticking out the left front top of the head. It is routed up and around so that gravity will not drain the fluid which is maintaining the shape of the cyst inside the brain matter thus preventing the tearing and bleeding. The tube is open though (measures to maintain sterility are in place) so pressure can vent. We saw her about an hour after the end of surgery and she was just getting settled into the intensive care unit. She was still kind of out of things due to the surgery but we could see an improvement in her talking and movement. So things are looking up, I will be going back early in the morning to see her and spend most of the day there. Today we (my son and I ) only stayed about an hour with her after she left the OR. I felt that even though, it was comforting to her to have us there, she would get more rest if we left. Tomorrow, after things have settled we will know more. It will take time to know the result of todays surgery but we do know that without it, .... well the outcome was not good. Thanks again for everyone here, the support is more valuable than sometimes we know when a post of support is made, I know often I will add a comment to a thread like this, feeling like I wish I could do more but knowing that prayer is all I can do. It all helps guys, it all helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Thanks for the update Cal--rough times for you all. I'll keep you both in my prayers. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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