Post Surgery

It's been a while since I have updated and I wanted to write about Marissa's progress. Last I wrote about our visit to see dr. mancuso. Turns out thr blood flow to Marissa's brain was great so she did not need brain surgery!! She had the spinal cord surgery to correct the tethered cord in 07/2007. So the morning of the surgery I got Marissa ready as I always do. We did our "morning of surgery" ritual. Jamming out to Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry. I have used this song to help her out of the most painful situations. As she is getting an IV put in or going through a procedure she knows is going to hurt or she is just scared we whisper this song to each other. So that morning we were looking into a 9+ hour surgery. When doctors tell you worse case scenerio it's so scary because that's your baby. Well Dr. Mancuso was amazing to say the least. She came out after an hour and a half and said "we're done". My jaw dropped and I said "but you...said". Dr. Mancuso looked a bit confused as to what had just happened in the surgery room. She said " I know what I said but everything I said forget about it". She continued " I went in and started cutting the fatty tissue near her spine and as I was about to cut more her spine rolled into place and startd pulsating on it's own". I looked at her confused. All these thought were running through my head what had just happened that this doctor just stopped. "Something is just telling me that I need to leave this little girl alone" she said. At that noment all I can think of is praise God! I know he was in that surgery room. I left my daughter in the only place I trust to leave her. And that is in God's hands! From a 50/50 chance on ever walking again Marissa continued to beat the odds and walked after 2 1/2 days. She's a fighter!