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Prayers for the Watson Family.... - 09/19/06 12:56 AM
Four year old Sean Watson underwent brain surgery last Wednesday. He was born with a small hole in his skull behind the nasal cavity. The surgery had been planned for several weeks.
Rod told me today that this hole had a cyst growing through it from his sinus into the brain area.
Doctors opened up Sean's skull, removed the non-cancerous cyst, patched the hole in the skull, replaced the part of the skull they removed to perform the operation and sewed him back up again.
Sean had 200+ stitches inside and 53 on the outside of his head. Rod reports he has good spirits today.
The concern for Becki and Rod was that at sometime in the future an injury to the face near the area of the hole might allow passage of bacteria into the brain leading to Meningitis.
Sean had been leaking spinal fluid through the hole. Rod said today that it appears to have stopped and they are hoping that he will be able to go home with them either tomorrow or Wednesday.
Meanwhile Rod and/or Becki or both of them have been spending their 24 hours at the hospital with Sean.
Please keep Sean and the Watson family in your prayers over the next few days. With a successful surgery, Sean can expect to never have another problem with this part of his body and lead a long life.
Rod told me today that this hole had a cyst growing through it from his sinus into the brain area.
Doctors opened up Sean's skull, removed the non-cancerous cyst, patched the hole in the skull, replaced the part of the skull they removed to perform the operation and sewed him back up again.
Sean had 200+ stitches inside and 53 on the outside of his head. Rod reports he has good spirits today.
The concern for Becki and Rod was that at sometime in the future an injury to the face near the area of the hole might allow passage of bacteria into the brain leading to Meningitis.
Sean had been leaking spinal fluid through the hole. Rod said today that it appears to have stopped and they are hoping that he will be able to go home with them either tomorrow or Wednesday.
Meanwhile Rod and/or Becki or both of them have been spending their 24 hours at the hospital with Sean.
Please keep Sean and the Watson family in your prayers over the next few days. With a successful surgery, Sean can expect to never have another problem with this part of his body and lead a long life.