Dear Family & Friends,
Thank you for upholding the surgery & my mom in your prayers. He is answering. Praise God!
Sorry that I am unable to answer everyone personally. Here's a summary of the latest update & more specific prayer requests.
Mom's surgery went pretty smooth. Throughout the day, the doctors gave updates & each time they shared that she was doing well & her vitals were fine. The surgeons removed 60% of her tumor & the other 40% was too close to major arteries so they could not touch it. They will probably try to remove the rest of the tumor with Proton Therapy after her recovery. The doctors decided not to remove her left eye which was Mom's desire & prayer. And because of that, her surgery didn't require removing muscle, blood vessels & nerves from other parts of the body to transplant for the eye surgery. Praise God for answering this prayer too! Her surgery finished around 12 midnight yesterday and she was admitted to the ICU. Around 5:30 a.m. this morning, they did an emergency central venous catheter (CVC or central venous line) procedure for increased viability of intravenous drugs/fluids to her heart in order to help her regain consciousness sooner & to help her breathe on her own. This afternoon, they discovered a blood clot in her brain so currently they are monitoring that. Her blood pressure is still low & there's a lot of swelling in the face. Mom needs to be incubated for a while until the swelling goes down because they want to monitor & make sure the swelling will not block/restrict her airways. She is currently still not conscious or responding to my Dad or brother, Caleb, although she's moving around a little more. The hospital staff is keeping her sedated because they are monitoring her breathing & it's uncomfortable to have tubes in the throat. She's also receving transfusions to put more blood & platelets in. Her vital signs are all currently stable.
Please pray:
1) The blood clot in her brain will go away on its own so that Mom won't need to re-experience the trauma of surgery.
2) That the swelling in her brian/face will go down & that she would be able to regain consciousness, breathe on her own & that her blood pressure will be normal.
3) That her recovery process will be quick & there would be no side effects
4) That God will restore her vision, hearing & sense of smell.
Thank you!
Nia
