Team Nate Dog: Nate's Cochlear Implant Surgery

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Nate's Cochlear Implant Surgery

Hey there everyone! Just wanted to pop in a note here for anyone who's interested in knowing how Nate's Surgery went.

Everything went really well, the ENT told us. He was able to drill through the little bit of bone oxification that had grown, but didn't show up on the CAT scan. So, also he was able to then feed the entire wire with all the electrodes into his cocheala. That's awesome news!

He has been in recovery since about 1:30 and now we sit in his inpatient room here at CMH. He has a VERY padded right ears with a ring of gauze encircling his sweet little head. He is randomly opening his beautiful blue eyes and his daddy is cuddling him right as I type this. We will try to give him some water through a bottle here shortly and as long as things go smoothly, we will be outta here tomorrow.

Thanks for all the prayers people! This little guy IS a fighter, we all knew that.... but the prayers DO help... that much I am sure of!

Thanks,

XOXOXOXO

Carolyn

2 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 15, 2009 at 4:57 PM
That is SO awesome. We are so glad to hear that it went well. We will continue to pray for his recovery and that the implant works as hoped. Nate is definitely fighter and this will only make him stronger. Kiss that precious head for me. Let me know if I can do anything at all to help out.

Steph
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Amy HaydenJanuary 16, 2009 at 2:39 PM
That is great news!!! I am glad everything went well. I got Carrie's email today too so sounds like today is going well too. I cant wait to read more updates soon.
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