So.....tomorrow is the day. Mom, Dad, and Pam all got into town yesterday. Tish, Amescha and I will all be at the hospital at 0500. Anice will come to the house to stay with the kids, and Mom, Dad, and Pam will come up to the hospital a little later. 0500-0700 will be all the pre-op stuff, paperwork, questions, more questions, and more paperwork. 0700 the surgery begins, and it's expected to last about 2.5 hours. Not sure when my next blog will be, but as soon as I can, I will get on here to do it I'm sure.
As far as right now.....I really think Tish is freaking out quite a bit more than I am. I'm not sure if I have just detached that much, or I have come to the realization that this has to be done. If I don't have it done now, I will have to have it done later. Right now, as I've said before, I have the doctors, the support system, the insurance, the awesome people all around us from family to work family that are here to support us through this. We really couldn't ask for anything more. I'm at the point, I just want it done and press on through the recovery phase. I realize it will be a LONG recovery, as I will be off work and unable to lift more than 5 pounds for 8 weeks, but in the end it will all be worth it. It will be worth it to not worry about what symptom is going to be next, or when I'm going to have my next symptom. The syrinxes are what really scared me, and this surgery should shrink, collapse, or at the very least, prevent them from getting any worse. My surgeon is a specialist and has done MANY of these decompressions in the past. He's also the Chair of the Neurosurgery department at the University of Oklahoma, can't do much better than that.
Tish will keep everyone updated through facebook tomorrow. For now, I'm looking forward to a wonderful dinner with the family.
