Friday, October 1, 2010

Done.

Just met with the surgeon and the audiologist. Surgery's done, after 5 hours. They got the device implanted and have gotten good responses from the electrodes that were placed!

Samuel's anatomy was a little trickier than normal. So not only did Dr Hermmann have to go from a different angle, he also had to make some additional incisions through the ear canal. It's all terribly complicated, but suffice it to say that the device is in and appears to be placed well. It's not actually turned 'on' - they just tested it now and won't turn it on officially until 2 weeks from now if all is well from a swelling and healing standpoint.

So, we're waiting to get to see Samuel now as he's in recovery. His head will be wrapped and should stay wrapped for as long as he'll less us keep it.

Thank you for upholding us today. We have needed it. Please do now pray from Samuel's recovery and our care for him. Will update again tonight, if possible.

2 comments:

Marcie said...

Thanks for the updates. We are so glad that it is over and that it went well. We will keep praying.

Laurie said...

Wow, that was crazy-long. You must be exhausted. So thankful it was a successful implant! We're praying for recovery. I hate the coming-off-anesthesia part.