Surgery Day

Well, Ian's surgery was yesterday. All ended up well, I guess. He is so swollen tonight he cannot see out of his right eye. Two dermoid cysts were removed, one under the skin on the bridge of his nose and the other in the skull on the right side of his head. The surgeon ended up scaring us all and causing us to second guess the decision to have the cysts removed, but we found out that God's timing in this particular situation was perfect ( as it always is), he is Sovereign, what else would you expect? : ) When the surgeon had the cyst out of the skull, he came out to talk to my son and daughter in law and told them had they put it off any longer (we got him in as soon as doctors could get him scheduled) the cyst would have already grown into his brain and we would have been looking at a much more serious type of surgery. This was scary enough thank you very much! The first appointment he had was with the pediatrician at the end of October 2009, she referred him to and ear nose and throat doctor the first of November. The ENT sent them to have an MRI, he got in about the 1st of December. The MRI was to confirm it was indeed a dermoid cyst on the bridge of his nose and to see if he had any other cysts in his skull. These type cysts are benign but can grow and wallow out the bone and once it is through the bone balloons into the brain. While he was getting the MRI, the radiologists saw the shadow of something, he was still asleep so they put him back in for another MRI on the one suspicious spot and sure enough there it was. There was still bone all around the cyst in December, but by yesterday it had already worn through the bone and had indented the membrane surrounding the brain. We see how God had his hand in this whole process and we are eternally grateful that the Lord impressed upon us the importance of getting the cysts removed when he did. We are so thankful that there was not much blood loss, no transfusion, no ICU and he is already home playing with toys and sleeping in his own bed. He was so traumatized when he woke up from the anesthesia it was extremely hard for this grandmother to watch. I did hold him most of the afternoon, he was having a hard time with all the drains and tubes coming out of him. He would look at them and just start crying. Children are so resilient though. I went over this afternoon and he was just playing like he had never had surgery at all. Truly amazing. We praise you Heavenly Father for your love and watch care over this precious child that has my heart in his hand.