September 24, 2007
Trey's Surgery
I just wanted to let everyone know about Trey’s surgery tomorrow. He is going to have his upper gum corrected from the cleft that he has had since birth. He has already had his lip and pallet corrected from the cleft and this hopefully will be the end to all the surgeries concerning his cleft. They will be taking bone and marrow from his hip and packing it into his gum line. They will cut away the flesh or pull it back and pack in the new bone. We hope this will allow any new teeth to grow through this bone or give the orthodontist a platform to work on to put any corrective teeth in that space. Otherwise any teeth that may come into this area will fall out because the roots will not be attached to any bone.
It is so hard to think about. It almost seems like an elective surgery. He’s been through so much and I know that he will be fine but it hurts my heart to think about it. He is really worried about it all. It was hard last week to take him to the hospital to have his blood drawn for pre-operation testing. As you can imagine he is very frightened about needles and when they tried to take his blood he fought tooth and nail. It took 3 of us to hold him down. He was fine once he had the needle in his arm and knew it didn’t hurt as much as he originally thought it would. Dianne couldn’t stay in the room because she is freaked about needles too. It killed me to hold my son down to force him to do something that he fears so much.
He cannot eat or drink anything after midnight tonight. However, his surgery is not until 1:30 PM tomorrow afternoon. He will be starving. I haven’t had any thing to eat today and it is almost 10 and I am really hungry. I can’t imagine what he will feel like tomorrow. I am going to not eat tomorrow as well. I will spend it fasting for him in prayer.
Please pray for my son to be brave for the surgery, to not be anxious about the surgery, and for quick healing. I will either send email or post on www.stumpff.net the results of the surgery to keep you updated.
Comments
He has been through alot and I know he is a strong little guy! I know that God will use Trey in one way or another..he already has!
I know everything will go fine! We have such a brave and strong little boy!
Posted by: Dianne at September 24, 2007 02:18 PM