News from Dr.

Mick met with the surgeon this afternoon and they have him scheduled for an 11:00 surgery tomorrow at Boone Hospital. They will be coiling and stinting the aneurysms. All of the doctors from St. Louis, KC, and Indianapolis agree that this will be the best option for dad right now. If they were to go on and remove the aneurysms the chance of coming out a vegetable or death has moved up to 50% so that is why they have went with this option. A specialist who has taught all of the doctors in St. Louis, KC, etc. will be performing the surgery.
Dr.Ryan said that all the surgeons from above actually sent the information along to Dr.'s they new including Chicago Dr.s. As stated above the risk is too high to perform the removal. Confused on why coiling was an option now and it wasn't last week is because the speed of the blood flow to the Annuerisyms. Due to the size they will only do a partial coil hoping it will absorb what is being held in the annueryism and help it to shrink enough to relieve some of the pressure. By doing the coiling and stinting there is still a risk of stroke or rupture but the Dr. said since the Annueryisms is right on the brain stem it is a straight shot so the risk is less. The plan is doing these procedures tomorrow. If all goes well he can come home by Friday unless he needs rehabilitation. If he gets to come home then he'll have to follow the same routine with someone watching him at least for a week. Mick will have to go back in on a regular basis to have angirams done to make sure the coiling and stinting is doing it's job. If they find that it is not working they will not have a choice but to remove it at that time. Pray for this to work so removal won't have to take place at least before any shrinkage.
We will keep you updated tomorrow as we hear from the doctors. Please continue to pray for him!