Jenna,

I know what you are going thru. My grandson had 2
major brain surgeries to remove a brain tumor deep in
his brain around the hypothalamus. He was 16 months
old in the first surgery and 22 months old when they
did the second. So tiny and helpless. However with
prayers from 100's of people who had helped us raise
funds to send him to Arizona to have the surgery, Ian
came thru and is doing just fine now. He had a shunt
put in a year later when he was three.

So I will certainly keep your child in my prayers.

connie in Alabama
--- Sam Taylor <sam_taylor67@...> wrote:

>
> I will pray that you will be given strength during
> this difficult time. It is never easy for a parent
> to let their child go into surgery especially this
> kind of surgery. The only thing you can do is have
> faith and be strong.
>
> May God be with you
>
> Blessings
>
> Sam
>
>
> To: hydrocephalus@...:
> srochman2000@...: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 06:28:22
> -0800Subject: Re: [hydrocephalus] Cranial
> Reconstruction
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>
> I wish you and your family the best during this
> difficult time Jennifer...
>
> ~Sally (fellow Hydrocephalus buddy)Jennifer
> <jenna1367@...> wrote:
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>
> We are slowly getting ready for his big day on the
> 18th. Chris has no idea what is about to happen but
> I know in my heart this is the best christmas
> present I can give him. I am going through the usual
> doubts but I know God is driving this wagon now - I
> am just along for the ride. He will be going into
> surgery at 7:30 am on the 18th and should last about
> 7 hours a second for him and an eternity for me. My
> mom will be there but she gets so upset and only
> adds to the stress. I know she means well and this
> time a friend of mine from dallas will be there. I
> know he is strong enough to help me get through it
> and share his physical strength. God will carry
> through the darkest hours until I get the call
> telling me to meet them at the PICU because he is
> being brought up. They will be removing a band of
> bone from his skull to bring down the height and
> take off a lot of the weight. They will remove fluid
> from his ventricles and then take out the bone
> accordingly.
>
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