Day of the Surgery

Hi,

4:45 am - Today is the day of the surgery. We all woke up pretty early. Srikar is still asleep. Praying to God to be with Srikar and us at all the times and give us strength and courage. We have to take him to the pre-op by 6:00 am.

6:00 am - Just came to the pre-op room at John Hopkins Hospital. Waiting for the paper work. Srikar is still sleeping.

7:15 am - Srikar is all ready for his surgery. Only one parent is allowed to take him into the operating room. His dad took him into the OR. He just went into the OR. We are waiting in the waiting area. Praying for everything to go smoothly.

9:15 am - Just got a word from the OR. They are about to begin the surgery and everything is going smoothly so far.

11:20 am - Dr. Vining just came from the OR and told us that everything is going on smoothly.

12:50 pm - Dr. Vining came by again to tell us the surgery is going on smoothly and Srikar is doing fine. They started removing the tissue. The gave us the hair of Srikar which was shaved off his head beore the surgery as we requested. She told us everything is going on as planned and smooth. She told us that they have removed the temporal lobe and are working on the frontal lobe.

2:35 pm - Dr. Vining came in to give us the update. Everything is going on well. She told us that they are working on the Parietal Lobe. 2/3 of the Frontal Lobe has been sucessfully removed. There is a little more bleeding than expected but she said that is not unusual amount.

2:45 pm - We got another update call from inside the OR. They told us everything is going on smoothly, but we still are hours away from the completion of the surgery. Dr. Vining told us earlier that the surgery is going on a little slower than usual.

4:50 pm - Dr. Vining just came in and gave us an update. All the abnormal tissue has been removed. She told us that they have started cleaning up and closing which will take another hour or hour and half. Everything went as expected as far as resection is concerned.

7:00 pm - Dr. Carson just came by and told us that the surgery is complete and Srikar will be coming out of OR in a few minutes. He said that Srikar tolerated the long surgery very well. The surgery took longer than expected due to tissue abnormality and coagulation issues at the end of the sugery. Dr. Carson said that everything has been taken care of. Dr. Carson termed the surgery to be "Intresting".

7:20 pm - Well, after a little over 12 hours Srikar came out of the OR. They took him into the PICU. By God's Grace everything went well and smoothly.

11:00 pm - Just came back to the room from the PIC. Srikar is doing fine.