Why?
I am doing this blog throughout the next few weeks (possibly months) to keep people informed about Wyatt's corpus callosotomy which is scheduled for Monday May 14, 2018. I am also writing this as a form of therapy for myself.
I cannot quite remember when the idea of this procedure was brought up by the neurologist, my wife reminds me it was about a year ago. When presented to us the idea of "brain surgery" seemed quite an extreme but throughout the year he seemed to have more and more of what are termed "drop seizures" and the thing that was buried in the back of our minds were brought up again and after extensive research and prayer we finally decided around March of this year to go ahead with it. At first we thought that summer would be a good time but we later bumped it up to May because of the recovery/therapy timeline could last up to three months which would run into the next school year.
So on Monday Jule and I head with Wyatt to Charlotte for the procedure and Jule will stay with him during his stay as I come home to be with Nick and Corri after the procedure until he is released. Yes, we will visit MANY times via FaceTime and real time. We will do our nightly Jesus Loves Me sing along before bed (via FaceTime) and I will retire to our bed and try to get some sleep without Jule by me and Wyatt across the hall.
I know God has it in His hands. I was reminded in a card this week of the verse Psalm 3:3 But You, O LORD are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head... Our church and work families have been wonderful lifting us up in prayer and providing us with gifts to help us through the journey. Until next time God bless you and thanks for being there whether it is through an encouraging word or a dirtied knee from prayer we appreciate it all.
I cannot quite remember when the idea of this procedure was brought up by the neurologist, my wife reminds me it was about a year ago. When presented to us the idea of "brain surgery" seemed quite an extreme but throughout the year he seemed to have more and more of what are termed "drop seizures" and the thing that was buried in the back of our minds were brought up again and after extensive research and prayer we finally decided around March of this year to go ahead with it. At first we thought that summer would be a good time but we later bumped it up to May because of the recovery/therapy timeline could last up to three months which would run into the next school year.
So on Monday Jule and I head with Wyatt to Charlotte for the procedure and Jule will stay with him during his stay as I come home to be with Nick and Corri after the procedure until he is released. Yes, we will visit MANY times via FaceTime and real time. We will do our nightly Jesus Loves Me sing along before bed (via FaceTime) and I will retire to our bed and try to get some sleep without Jule by me and Wyatt across the hall.
I know God has it in His hands. I was reminded in a card this week of the verse Psalm 3:3 But You, O LORD are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head... Our church and work families have been wonderful lifting us up in prayer and providing us with gifts to help us through the journey. Until next time God bless you and thanks for being there whether it is through an encouraging word or a dirtied knee from prayer we appreciate it all.
Always praying for Wyatt & all of you!! Hugs & love to you all!!
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