The Neurosurgeon just came by to tell me that I’m going home tomorrow. I took the time to ask him, “How many freaking staples do I have in my head?”
He told me: over 100.
Category: Surgery
Thursday
It’s Thursday and I’m hearing that I may be going home today. Both the Neurologist & Neurosurgeon each came by Wednesday (at separate times) and told me that Thursday maybe the day for me to go home.
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Okay. Maybe has turned to NOPE. My white cell count is dropping and my fever is rising. Not good stuff.
Okay, it’s Tuesday after the removal surgery yesterday
The surgery yesterday to remove the brain sensors was successful. This is how I am right now:
- My head hurts like crazy. Throbs on the inside and aches on the outside.
- Shoulders are killing me.
- The back of my head is tender when I lay it down. Painful.
I have these sensors off of my brain now and have all the openings stapled shut.
This is Darren blogging again before another surgery…
Thanks for the prayers. Let me tell you I have some WiCkEd scars on the top and side of my head. Cuts going all over the place. These cuts and scars really leave me with quite the headache. The top/front of my head kills me at times, then I have the nurse give me some meds. I have a mesh-type beenie to cover my scarred head where the scan devices on the inside/outside of my brain. The mesh helps keep the my brain “leakage” under control.
Early Friday morning about 3 o’clock or so I woke up in a daze like state, pretty confused and my head hurt like crazy. I knew I needed to go to the restroom. When I opened my eyes, it was hard to see and by this time in the week I had become aware enough to recognize that I had some kind of wires or something hanging – coming out of the top of my head. This- I also had a tremendous headache. Stood up out of bed and the cords from my skull yanked my head down. I grabbed the ones on the left side and pulled them straight out. The next thing I know there is repeated drops of blood all over me and the floor. I felt them as they were being jerked out of my skull. I started screaming bloody murder.Four nurses came in after my wife yelled for help. They cleaned me up and prepped me for a CT scan.
Over the weekend, it seemed as though my brain was healing. Started to be more awake and could think better. But I have also had a tremendous headache that I am continually taking pain medication for.
Jaw is killing me because of the holes in the side of my head that are drilled are on the jaw muscle. Chewing is difficult and painful. Opening my mouth is next to impossible, but the doctor is giving me directions on how to do exercises for my jaw when I leave the hospital.
Monday morning is the next surgery and that is to take out the leads including those that are frayed and broken inside my skull. After doing this I will blog about the options.
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Monday morning now. The doc just came in and let me know I am #2. So, about 11:00 or 12:00 or 1:00 before they take me away and another hour before they chop me back open.
Still Going! Given Hope Again (by Sherry)
Dr Uysal just stopped by the room to chat with Darren. He and Dr. Camarata have been talking all morning.
They will still go in and remove the broken leads and depending on the damage they will either go ahead and remove the leads on just the right side and make the holes on the left bigger and have leads only on the left and keep going on the process (with surgery #2 and#3) or they may tell us that Darren needs to heal from this trauma and come back for the last two surgeries at a later date.
So they have changed their suggestions. Darren told the Doctor he did not want to give up now! He told him he wants to keep going. So there you have it!
We don’t have a scheduled surgery time yet, but it will be today that they go in and survey the damages.
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