Thursday, January 15, 2009

Gavin is headed for surgery!

We met with the Neurosurgeon today. He said G has a "significant" malformation and that he is recommending surgery. I guess some people opt for medication and different therapy's if the malformation is not too bad. He also said that most of the symptoms would be gone, including the headaches and the sleep apnea!! Hooray!

We said OK to the surgery and then about DIED when he said, "I have a half a day open on Monday, will that work?" MONDAY! This is good because there is not a lot of time to worry, scary because it is only 3 days away! He will be up at Primarys for 3-4 days after the surgery and the recovery should be fairly quick after that--maybe a week or two until he is feeling great. One sad thing he said was, "This kid has probably never felt great. I think you will notice in a couple of weeks that he will be waking up and just be a whole new kid because he feels so good." I hope so!

We are very hopeful and feel at peace with this decision. Please keep him in your prayers. We Love you G-Man!

5 comments:

gillespie said...

Good Luck Gavin! Let me know if you want to drop kids off to play with cousins - anytime.

Emily

Crazy Zumba Lady said...

GMAN... We love you kiddo, and wish you all the luck in the world!! Bronx is so excited to come back up to Utah so that he can play with you!!! Your the best buddy!! We love you!!!

Amber Kaye Smith said...

Sure do love my G the most!

Mary said...

Prayers sent for Gavin!

jimnalli said...

Oh my goodness, Maria, I havent been on your website for a few weeks! Wow! Poor little guy....but how great to know what is going on. He will be in our prayers! Love you guys!!!