Sunday, February 12, 2006

The beginning - Friday night/Saturday morning.

The rupture occurred without any warning. All she knew was that she had a sudden excrutiating pain in her head. She lost consciousness while being brought out to the ambulance.

Jan was rushed to hospital, and then to a second hospital, at a major trauma centre. The nature and extent of the bleeding in her brain led the doctors to perform emergency surgery, which lasted about four hours.

Jan survived the initial rupture, and survived the surgery, which puts her way ahead of 'the odds'.

3 comments:

FC said...

Many thanks for all the love and prayers sent J's way. She needs them all in these critical hours.

She is a warrior and is not giving up. She has also a faith like an old oaktree, solid and deep. Hours before she was taken to the hospital she was reading in the book of Isaiah something she believes to be true 100% : "you are carved in the palm of my hand.." and this is the special relationship with the Lord that keeps her alive right now.

Some data on the aneurism:
-It bursted at 6PM on Friday Feb 10.
-15 minutes after the incident she lost consciousness.
-Her last words before loosing consciuosness were: Oh Lord, please help us!...
-The CT scan showed that the area affected is where the language centre is located (left side of the brain). What an irony! she loves most singing and talking.
-the operation lasted about 3 hours and successfully stopped the initial hemorrage.
-The operation created some extra bleeding in other areas and swelling on the left side.
-the left bone plate was kept detached to allow for some extra room for the swelling and to reduce pressure on the right side.
-The most critical time is the first 72 hours. As it was noted in the first blog: she already has beaten many odds, but she is not out of danger.

-Specific things to pray for:
+stop the swelling of her brain
+that no other arteries seize-up because of the trauma of the operation.
+that she is protected from any major long-term negative impacts.
+peace and strength for the family.
+that husband keeps things in perspective and trusts the Lord in the middle of this life-shattering experience.

-if you believe in miracles, she needs one right now.
-Our hope is that she will be able to read these blogs soon and know how much she is loved.

Keep praying and blogging!

FC said...

Many thanks for all the love and prayers sent J's way. She needs them all in these critical hours.

She is a warrior and is not giving up. She has also a faith like an old oaktree, solid and deep. Hours before she was taken to the hospital she was reading in the book of Isaiah something she believes to be true 100% : "you are carved in the palm of my hand.." and this is the special relationship with the Lord that keeps her alive right now.

Some data on the aneurism:
-It bursted at 6PM on Friday Feb 10.
-15 minutes after the incident she lost consciousness.
-The CT scan showed that the area affected is where the language centre is located (left side of the brain). What an irony! she loves most singing and talking.
-the operation lasted about 3 hours and successfully stopped the initial hemorrage.
-The operation created some extra bleeding in other areas and swelling on the left side.
-the left bone plate was kept detached to allow for some extra room for the swelling and to reduce pressure on the right side.
-The most critical time is the first 72 hours. As it was noted in the first blog: she already has beaten many odds, but she is not out of danger.

-Specific things to pray for:
+stop the swelling of her brain
+that no other arteries seize-up because of the trauma of the operation.
+that she is protected from any major long-term negative impacts.
+peace and strength for the family.
+that husband keeps things in perspective and trusts the Lord in the middle of this life-shattering experience.

-if you believe in miracles, she needs one right now.
-Our hope is that she will be able to read these blogs soon and know how much she is loved.

Keep praying and blogging!

ElisabethRevell said...

My mother, Judy Revell, has survived two such incidents and operations (on the other side of her brain). We are sending Jan healing thoughts.
Elisabeth Revell
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