Great News!

Bryan can hear!!! The implant is on and working. He still has to work on figuring out how to hear the tv, radio, and on the phone, but he can hear in person. It is awesome.. He was so excited to hear Frank!

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

Great Weekend and First of week!

Well we are currently sitting in the hospital room waiting for the chemo treatment. I thought I would update on how the weekend went and last night went.

We had a blast on the trian ride. It was raining, but we still were able to enjoy the ride and the stockyard events. Frank loved the train! Bryan need absolutely wonderful walking around everywhere. It is great seeing him getting around so much better now.

Last night we had an awesome time at the Rangers game. We sat right behind Nolan Ryan. And we were so close to the field we could almost touch the players. Bryan was able to get autographs from Nolan Ryan which he loved. And his team won so that was good. The rain held off the whole game so we didn't get wet. It was a wonderful time. Thank you again Mrs. JoAnn for sending us the tickets. You are the best!

We saw the vasculitis dr this morning. He said everything looks good. The rash Bryan got was not due to the vasculitis it was allergic reaction. He thinks seafood caused it, so no more seafood for Bryan for a while. He said however that it is normal in the cooler weather to see the vasculitis rash often times. It is nothing alarming and doesn't mean anything will happen. So that is alot of relief to me. Bryan will go back next month and get another chemo and also a flu shot.

Also I am waiting for a call from the nuerologist to set up a ct scan. They can no longer due MRI 's because of the implant so this is the next best thing. It is just to make sure there is no new activity. And then he will have a follow up with that dr.

And as you can see by the ticker count down, Bryan will get his implant turned on on Sept. 22 which is next tuesday. So very exciting and he is ready.

I will post later this week with pictures and more info if I have any!!

Big week!

Well things are going pretty good. Bryan went to his first post op appointment last Wednesday. The dr said everything looked fine but he wants to leave the stitches in for another two weeks. When Bryan goes back to get the stitches out he will turn the implant on. This is a week early, so very exciting!!! However, Bryan had an allergic reaction to the glue that was used in surgery to put the gauze over the incision. So for over a week now he has been itching and dealing with the rash. It is slowly going away. Then on Thursday he produced another rash on his bady that itches that I believe is an allergic reaction to something he ate possibly. So Bryan has not felt well at all the last two weeks. He is slowly getting better and I believe he will be good to go back to Rehab on Monday. He has his next chemo on Tuesday morning, so hopefully that goes smoothly.

Also tomorrow we are going on a Train Ride in Grapevine. We are taking the grandparents and Frank. Frank is so excited and so are the grandparents. This will be the first time Frank and I have been on a train I know. We will be going from Grapevine to the Fort Worth Stockyards. It is going to be a blast. Then on Monday Bryan and I will be going to the Rangers Game, this is going to be so much fun. Bryan has been looking forward to this for awhile now.

So we have a busy week ahead of us and an exciting one.

I will post pictures from all events sometime next week, so be looking for them!

Surgery is Over!

Tuesday went very smooth. We got there early and they were running early so he went back before the time set. His surgery took about 1 hour. He is doing very well. He has been in pain today, but this evening seems to be doing much better. He got to take off the bandage today, and he wanted to take pictures of the spot. he said he is glad it is all over. If he is feeling good in the morning he will return to Rehab, otherwise he will stay home through the weekend. Here is the incision picture.

Our mini Vacation

When Bryan had his pre op appointment, we decided we would take Frank with us and make it a mini vacation. So we went up the day before and had some fun. We went to the Grapevine Mall and Terrell Outlet. We took Frank to the Rain forest Cafe, which is was terrified of at first. Also he got to ride on a carosel and train. Bryan was able to walk the whole outlet and mall. He found him some cool shoes, and some shirts. So it was a good trip. We had lots of fun as a family. Frank loved the elevator in the hotel, it was glass so he could see while we went up and down. The appointment went fast and easy which was nice. That way we had more time to have fun. Here are some pictures from our trip!

Surgery was today!

We are home of a long day of surgery. Everything went great! He is doing wonderful, very sleepy but not in much pain at all. He has ate a little food and drank liquids. He will have to leave his bandage on for a week til he goes for his 1st post op visit next week. I think he is going to heal wonderfully.

Thanks for all the prayers