Chris Caswell - 1/13/09 4pm update

They took Chris up to his full body MRI a little while ago – he will be up there for a couple of hours.

Today the doctors discussed the possible side effects of the surgery which are kind of scary. All of the following are all possibilities they really will not know anything until they are able to perform the surgery and then his responses when he comes out of surgery.

IF the surgery is successful they are HOPING the Left side of his body will recover fine.
The right side will probably need rehab
His speech may be impaired and he would then need speech therapy
There is also a fear that Chris could have permanent Brain and/or physical damage

There is always a fear when going into surgery and Chris Parents have been made Power of Attorney – please keep them in your prayers to have strength through this time

They are not sure how long recovery will be – but if everything goes well they are expecting atleast a month stay in the hospital.

Even with a successful surgery Chris is not going to be hoping right back on with life as he knows it – it is going to be a going struggle and he is going to need continual prayer.

They are not sure how the long surgery will be or when other than tomorrow sometime – After the surgery they will be able to test the tumor to find out if it is cancerous….

Heather will be calling later tonight or tomorrow with the whole body MRI results and surgery updates and I will post them as quickly as possible.

Also if you have any questions or comments let me know and I will do my best to get the answers for you.

Thank you so much for your prayers – they family very much appreciates it.

Skye