Dad got out of the hospital today at 10:30AM! As he was lifting himself out of his wheel chair and into the car he commented that he could not believe that, after having massive brain surgery just over five days ago, he was standing and putting himself into his car on such a beautiful day.
Before being discharged from the hospital, Dad got a chance to talk to Dr. Mayhan, Dr. Spetzler's assistant. He said that Dad's MRI looked as good as it could. That he did not see any signs of the cavernous angioma and that he and Dr. Spetzler were confident that they got it all out. He did say that medically, there is a slight risk that some residual vein could remain and regenerate. But, we will not know that for sure until he does a follow up MRI in a year. But, Dr. Spetzler did not feel like that would be an issue.
Dad is resting now in our hotel room across the street from the hospital. Mom and I are taking care of him now. We will leave in the morning to head back home to Texas. We are going to take our time and should arrive by Saturday afternoon.
Dad has a long road to recovery still. He will have to work hard over the next couple of months to regain his strength, get over the headaches and nausea and work with a therapist to get over the dizziness. He continues to have loss of feeling on the right side of his face and ringing in his right ear. These may or may not subside over time.
We will continue to keep you posted on Dad's recovery. We want to thank everyone again for all your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes. We have been overwhelmed by the support.
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We are all ECSATIC at work with all the good news coming from Phoenix !!
ReplyDeleteWith such a loving family around Don, I'm sure he will feel like a champ again in no time.
Thank you so much for the updates.
Alex
Don,
ReplyDeleteMark here. We have been following the news and very encouraged by what we hear. Godspeed on your recovery.
Don,
ReplyDeleteFrom the Guardian Auburn Hills workout group and squash players, we all wish you a speedy and complete recovery. We miss you and know that you are in great hands with your loving family.
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Paul et al
Great news!!!!! Keep working on the recovery!!!! Thanks a lot to the family for the updates.Susana.
ReplyDeleteHi Don - I just wanted to say you are such a sweet man and I am so happy to hear that surgery went well. I think that being so strong and healthy also made a difference. You were always working out! You have such a wonderful family too, you can tell you and your wife did a fantastic job raising your children. Melissa Matyniak (Homologation)
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