When we found out the date of surgery was right after his last ABR test, The Cat Scan of the Skull. Anytime you have to put them asleep it breaks your heart. This was his 2nd time being under so far... The scan turned out fine so the surgery was on as long as he was in good health.
September 29th, 2009
The staff was wonderful, Dr. Raleigh Jones at the UK Clinic preformed the surgery. Once again and hopefully the last time he will have to be put to sleep in his life. The surgery normally takes 3 hours, well from the time they took him to back to the time it was done, it was 1 hour 50 minutes. The longest 2 hours of my life... We stayed in recovery for 3 hours sitting in that chair but no pain could compare to what he must of have been feeling. There was a blood drain attached to the lower part of his ear, besides the IV in his hand, was the worst kind of pain I am sure. They took his dressing off the next morning, cut and pulled the stitch through on the drain area, and we finally got to see the scar.
It was sad and it still is to this day. As I am sitting here watch Josh fix us lunch I am creating this so other people can hear Nathaniel's story and get educated about this procedure. If anyone ever has any questions regarding deaf children and The Cochlear Implant, feel free to write, or email me and I will respond when I get a chance.
Nathaniel is still healing, his scar is still being treated everyday, his facial nerve is still weak to make his smile not the full smile we usually see. He goes back for a check up with his doctor next week so I will post an update then.
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