Surgery #5

Well folks, my last post was just before surgery #4 where I had 3 options of outcome. You guessed it, I came out of surgery with a VAC on my head again. As the doctors lifted one of my skin flaps they saw that my galea had turned to mush. the galea is a fatty cottage cheese tissue layer that connects to the skull. Our scalps connect to the Galea. They removed the Galea from that area and laid the flap down onto my skull. All this is causing a little flap rotation which in turn will cause me to have another small skin graft on my head.
Most of you know that I have kept a strong sense of humor and good attitude but after coming out of surgery I got pretty low. It was real hard to open my eyes to another Vac and at least one more surgery. I am feeling better now and am ready to fight some more. My mom and I are encouraging each other to stay tough as she battles cancer and I battle this wound. My mother is "the" toughest non compalining person I know. She is always cheerful despite many many months of not feeling well. As I hit day 45 in all this I am once again reminded of those who suffer for much longer.
I go into surgery on Monday morning 5-4-09. I will most likely spend the night or two and then be home for more recovery.
My eye still has Iritus but is not giving me any pain. the drops I'm on has me not seeing so well but that's OK.
My legs are working a little better and that is encouraging. My finger tips still have the numb/asleep feeling but it seems like the numbness is mostly in the tips of my fingers and not the whole hand.
All we can do is pray. Pray that all this flap stuff will take to my head. Pray that I can stay stong mentally. Thanks for reading this. Your support is perfect...thank you!!!!
Todd