A Bump in the Road

Last Update 8:30pm
He's out of the procedure and he came out fine. They found that it was a blood clot. Its not great news but the neurosurgeon said it was better than him having an infection in his brain. Isaac will also still remain inactive on the transplant list because his blood cultures came out positive just today. So, they'll treat with antibiotics again and we'll go from there. We're just hoping that the episodes he's been having are coming from the infection that he has going on rather than from his heart. Again, thanks for your prayers.


Update
They took him for surgery at almost 7pm. If this abcess is pus or blood and not a mass, then the procedure should take 1 to 2 hours. Hopefully its not a mass that they have to cut in and biopsy then it would take several hours. Please keep praying for him.

In addition to the blood cultures and genetic testing, an MRI of his brain was also ordered. His MRI was done this morning and they called us in for a conult. It turns out that they found an abcess on the back part of his brain. They are telling us that it could most likely be one of two things. One is either pus, which would turn out to be a bacterial or fungal infection or two a blood hemorhage. Either way, both are treatable. So today, neurosurgeons are scheduling a sort of biopsy. They'll go into his skull, drain out the liquid and test to see what it is. Because we were so scared when they called this morning to tell us that something "abnormal" was found, we didn't get to ask if maybe this situation was causing his episodes or how that abcess got there in the first place. Another bad part is that since it's still not known if the abcess is an infection, he is listed as inactive on the transplant list. I assume that if its a hemorhage, than he'll be put back on and readjusted on his anticoagulants to fix that. We are still waiting for the neurosurgeon to come tell us when they will do surgery today, so I'll try to update as I get information. Thanks everyone for all your prayers. God Bless you all!



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