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Just saw him…

December 11th, 2009

He’s in some pain, but he’s talking and lucid. He’s not saying much or moving his right side, but he’s also still dozing off in the middle of things.

He’s still in recovery, but they have a spot in the ICU – they’re just cleaning it. Not sure how long till he’s moved. We’re back in the waiting room because his nurse is “from Boston” (the reason according to another nurse – to explain why she’s so strict). :) We only spent 10 minutes or so back there.

The incision is in a straight line from the top of his ear to the edge of the top of his head – about 2-3 inches long. Looks a lot better than I thought it would.

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They’re closing him up

December 11th, 2009

The doctor said it went well and they got the necrotic tissue and the old AVM. I’ll get paged again when he’s in the recovery room. And they hope he’ll be talking within an hour of getting out.

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He’s off

December 11th, 2009

They wheeled him out around 9:45 am. We were told between 1-1.5 hours of prep time and then 2-5 hours of surgery.

In a weird coincidence, an AVM specialist/neurologist from UCSF was at the hospital giving a talk for the docs this morning. He may be an “observer” in the surgery.

More updates as they come.

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Minor delay

December 11th, 2009

Just wanted to let everyone know the surgery has been pushed back an hour — to 10 am MST. Jonathan’s potassium levels were a bit low last night and not sure if the delay is related to that or not, but things seem to be all set now.

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Angio went well

December 10th, 2009

It was uneventful and confirmed that the AVM was obliterated. He’s in recovery, waiting for a clean room for the night.

An interesting side note – the resident’s last name (Zamora) is the same as his paternal grandmother.

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Times

December 10th, 2009

Well, no one mentioned that he shouldn’t eat before checking in, so his morning bagel pushed the angiogram to 1 PM (was set for 10 am). We’re resting now in a pre-op area – no room till after the angiogram.

Surgery is set for 9 am tomorrow. Will post another update after we talk to the doc later today. The NP who went over the angiogram procedure (Manny) was really cool – I’ll take that as a good sign. :)

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Surgery Updates

November 2nd, 2009

Hey all… this is where we’ll be posting the updates during the surgery, too. We’ve been told that the surgery shouldn’t last that long (a few hours), so this category may not get much use, but we thought it would be a quick way to find out what’s happening on December 11th (the date of the surgery). You’ll be able to post comments to subsequent posts (just not this initial one).

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