Another Update

The doctor had Daniel discharged from the hospital on Thursday after he spent just the one night in the Neuro ICU. We waded home from Philly in the big rains, and he's been taking it easy here in Glenmoore ever since. He feels pretty good. The doctor was pleased that he has no headaches or anything, and his incision site, which is so tiny it is like when you have blood drawn, is healing up just fine.

Of course, he does have $10,000 worth of coils in his brain. Not that those tiny things would be worth anything to anyone else, but we are very pleased to have them. The tiny coils, made in Ireland, were each just 8 or 10 cm long, and they threaded eight or so up through his artery, his heart, and his neck into just the right artery feeding the brain. Now they have a home up there.

The large aneurysm had two tiny, mini-aneurysms growing off of its base, but the doctor said they will just watch those at the 3, 6, and 12 month check ups. She said that, hopefully, the tiny ones will disappear on their own now that the big one has been stabilized.

So, despite having brain surgery from the inside out, as the doctor called it, he feels pretty normal. He does have to force himself to rest up though! We're so thankful for the way God handled all this for us. We're also grateful for our community and the support we've felt throughout this ordeal.