Surgery Report #4 - 4:35

They got mom to her ICU room and we got to go in and see her. She is very nauseated from the anesthesia and has been throwing up on and off. As I said in an earlier post, there was some concern about hearing loss. When we got to see her, she commented that she couldn't hear on her right side. Dad filled her in about the auditory nerve and said that we are just going to have to watch it and see what it does. Dr. Isaacson came in to check on her while we were in there. He said that everything went well. He had her do all sorts of funny things with her face and said that her facial nerve is fine, thank goodness. He had a tuning fork and checked her ears. She could hear the fork on her right side, it was just not as loud as her good ear. He said that there was probably a lot of fluid in that ear and that hopefully she would retain some of her hearing. He also said that her eye would probably swell shut due to the fluid building up near the incision site. But all in all, everything looks great. The doctor said that we would probably have her in a regular room sometime tomorrow as long as she is doing good. We are so thankful for your prayers and we are so glad the surgery is over. Let the healing begin!!! Please pray that her auditory nerve is still in tact and that she gets over the nausea soon!

*As a side note, I have been in contact with Kyle throughout the day. We figure that they are about 2 hours up the mountain to Cordova right now, so please pray for continued safety as they finish the last leg up to Cordova and as they minister to the lost in this village in Peru.