Dear Praying Friends,
We have received many responses from our Day 5 Update - - Some of
you asked for some questions and I will try to respond
individually over the next day or so. Kris and I were discussing
how we feel sortof like "Superman" and "Superwoman" because we
have so many people praying. But the only "S" on my chest would
be for "Spirit Filled"
We moved to a different Hotel. It's just across the street from
the one we were in - - but Kris and Cassie have been here before
and, after a few days where we were, we decided to move.
Mini-kitchen and cheaper rate. No AC, but great air circulation
(And it's not like we will be doing too much here but sleeping
anyway). Baroness Apartments 206-624-0787 Rm 406.
Harborview Hospital's telephone number is 206-731-3000. Not room
number yet. Cassie was in surgery today and is in Neuro ICU for
at least 24 hours afterwards.
He showed up at 8:40 but Cassie was not prepped for surgery until
3 PM. They had some helicopter arrivals with life threatening
situations, so Cassie's surgery got bumped. She hadn't eaten
anything since 10 pm last night, so the extra wait made it hard.
She was hungry! She had a couple of complex-partial seizures
during that time, and they eventually gave us a "waiting room" of
our own, so she could rest. She slept from 1130 until 200 or so.
The surgery went very well. It lasted about three hours. The docs
said it went about as smoothly as it could have, with no
complications at all. By the time we saw Cassie, it was about 9
pm. Her head was bandaged. But for those who asked, she decided
to have it all shaved off. Makes it easier to grow back
uniformly. The piece of skull they removed was about the
diameter of an apple. Once the GRID was in place above and below
her brain, they replaced the skull piece and bandaged her up.
Kris is spending the night in NICU. I was going to as well. But,
once I saw all was well, I decided to head to the hotel so I
could relieve Kris tomorrow morning.
The rest of the week will be a real challenge. Thanks for
holding us up.
When we were at the Seattle Space Needle on Sunday, a note came
around that was sitting on the window frame, The restaurant floor
turns once every 55 minutes or so. But the center and the
exterior wall (all windows) do not rotate. Well, someone had
written a little note and left it on the window frame. As the
note made it's way around, different people added to the note.
By the time it came to us, Cassie grabbed it and wrote "I'm
Cassie. I'm from Kenai. I'm here for Brain Surgery." By the time
it can back around, someone else had added "Cassie, we all wish
you luck" and I heard a boy at the table behind us say, "Mommy,
can we pray for Cassie tonight?" Cassie had left the table for a
few minutes and had missed all this. The boy didn't know the
note came from our table.
WOW! I don't know about the "Wish you luck" part of that story
(It was hard NOT to alter it so it would "preach" a bit better).
But I think that revolving restaurant was a good illustration of
the lives that have impacted us and the lives we are touching by
this adventure. But you know? It's easier to sound spiritual
when everything is going so well. Pray that our Hope will remain
in the LORD during some difficult days ahead.
Pray for Tyler and Chelsie at home, too. It's hard on them not
being able to be here. They're stuck holding up the fort
(somewhat, anyway).
One last story. I don't see how anyone at Harborview could have
planned this. But all the e-mails you sent to her using the link
at
http://www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/Harborview/ClinicsAndService
s/emailGifts.htm were hand delivered to her about 15 minutes
before she was wheeled into surgery. There were about 15 or so
messages to her. She read them all and, you should have seen the
smile on her face (and the tears on mine) as they led her off to
the OR.
Gary Harris
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