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Some of you may remember me posting about my husband having DBS surgery for his Parkinson's. He just finished his second surgery and it was a complete success!!! Now he gets to heal for a month and then the battery gets turned on. I think it's funny I'll get to call him a bionic man :P
The big day for my husband's last surgery (hopefully) is next Thursday! We go up for Neal to get all signed in, Thursday is surgery day, Friday he stays so they can make sure there's no issues, Saturday we get to come home. He'll have 4 weeks of healing, then they turn on the battery.
To everyone who has helped - thank you. You have no idea how incredibly grateful we are. To anyone who wants to help - your well wishes and healing vibes are so appreciated To anyone who is uncomfortable with gofundme but would like to help, please feel free to e-transfer to [email protected]. We love and appreciate you all.
Gwen and Neal ❤️
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Update on my husband, Neal
Happy Friday morning to everyone - Neal's surgery did not go quite to plan. He is well, and resting but a second surgery will now be needed. They were able to get the lead in on the left hemisphere of his brain. That's good!
When they went to test the lead is where things went wrong. Neal's blood pressure shot up and wouldn't come down. They tried three different types of medication, including nitro, and nothing worked. That's when they made the call to stop in order to prevent any potentially serious side effects (like a brain bleed). They did a CT scan and his brain has no bleeds (*yes*), but they were not able to proceed with the second lead and battery.
What does this mean? Neal will now be going on blood pressure medication. Having that under control means that in three months we will be returning and hopefully getting the second lead in and battery.
Why is the second lead important? The second lead will be going into the right hemisphere of the brain, which controls the left side. The worst of Neal's tremors is his left foot/leg. This means his leg tremors non-stop causing a great deal of pain. The lead will stop that tremor, which will have the cascade effect of reducing pain throughout his body. The Left side lead is non-functional until the battery pack is implanted.
So - hopefully, if everything goes well and he heals well, we will be back in Moncton in three months for the final stage of this surgery! A HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped us both here and otherwise. It means the world to us.
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