The go-ahead

We had a good, if long, day in Chicago seeing both the neurosurgeon who will perform Micah's surgery and our epilepsy doctor. We ended up being at the hospital for almost 6 hours due to our first appointment being delayed for more than two hours, and needing to do some lab work before we left.

We were impressed with the surgeon, Dr Alden, and will go ahead with the surgery. He needs to consult with our epilepsy doctor to schedule a time for surgery, because she will also be in the OR while he performs the operation. We may know the date by Friday, but need to wait to hear from the surgeon's office.

Neurosurgery consult

We learned last week that Micah is officially a candidate for surgery. He was presented at the Neurology Conference by our epileptologist, and her fellow doctors agreed that he is a good candidate for removal of the malformed part of his brain, to (we hope) stop his seizures for good.

This coming Wednesday, September 19, we will travel to Chicago to meet with the pediatric neurosurgeon as well as our epileptologist. At these two appointments we will learn more specifics about the procedure, risks, benefits, recovery, etc., as well as having a chance to ask whatever questions we have. Following these appointments we anticipate that the surgery will be scheduled. We have no idea what the time-frame for that will be, whether the next week or longer down the road. Because it didn't take terribly long to get in to see the surgeon, I expect the wait won't be extensive. Unless we have more trouble with the insurance company dragging its feet.

We continue to covet prayers for peace of mind and wisdom.