Surgery Tuesday Morning
Thanks so much for all the encouraging comments on the blog. At dinner tonight, Shea said that she wasn't at all nervous about the surgery tomorrow. "Should I be?" she said, and we all laughed. The outpouring of love and prayers is truly carrying all of us, and we are actually excited about tomorrow.
We had a pre-op appointment with Dr. Nunn last week, and he explained all the procedures they will be performing. Rebreaking the cheek bone, grafting bone from Shea's hip to use above her front gums, breaking both sides of her jaw, pulling out her chin, raising the left eye a little more and maybe even a brow lift! Just what you want when you're twenty! Shea asked Dr. Nunn if anything could be done for the pain in her jaw. He had another x-ray done of her skull and saw a metal plate that the first surgeon had used to hold her crushed jaw together. At this point, the plate has no purpose and is hitting Shea's jaw every time she closes her mouth. Dr. Nunn said that it hurt him to even look at her x-ray. He thinks he can remove it, but there is the concern that bone has grown around the plate.
Please pray that all will go as planned and that Dr. Nunn, Dr. McKay and Dr. Mills will be absolutely amazed at the miraculous results of this surgery.
We love and appreciate all of you --
The Hickoks
We had a pre-op appointment with Dr. Nunn last week, and he explained all the procedures they will be performing. Rebreaking the cheek bone, grafting bone from Shea's hip to use above her front gums, breaking both sides of her jaw, pulling out her chin, raising the left eye a little more and maybe even a brow lift! Just what you want when you're twenty! Shea asked Dr. Nunn if anything could be done for the pain in her jaw. He had another x-ray done of her skull and saw a metal plate that the first surgeon had used to hold her crushed jaw together. At this point, the plate has no purpose and is hitting Shea's jaw every time she closes her mouth. Dr. Nunn said that it hurt him to even look at her x-ray. He thinks he can remove it, but there is the concern that bone has grown around the plate.
Please pray that all will go as planned and that Dr. Nunn, Dr. McKay and Dr. Mills will be absolutely amazed at the miraculous results of this surgery.
We love and appreciate all of you --
The Hickoks
posted by admin | 11:24 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for the update :-) Shea, I will be praying for you tomorrow. I am so excited because I just know that the Lord is going to continue doing mighty things through you. I can hardly wait to hear how the surgery goes. I pray that God will supernaturally bless and guide each doctor and nurse and that they will be touched by you and your family. We miss you here in Arizona. It's still weird to be in choir without you or your mom... I love you guys. God bless!!!
Good morning! Things are under way as I type. I am praying as are many others. Oh, how I hope for you that this is it!
Melissa Eimers
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