Brian had his surgery yesterday. He was in the OR for over 10 hours, and the surgeon removed his entire left temporal lobe. There was concern that his language would be affected, but he woke up saying "I want to go home", and following simple commands (wiggling his thumb and identifying me) demonstrating receptive speech. We are all so very grateful!! Dr. Mathern came in today and showed us pictures of Brian's brain before and after the surgery, and it was truly amazing!! I am amazed that he has hands skilled enough to resect out the entire lesion and yet not damage the language center. Now we are in for the long haul . . . the recovery phase. Today
Brian is lethargic and in pain, but that is to be expected. We will wait and see, and hope and pray that the surgery was successful and he does not have any more seizures.
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