Thursday - The Day After

Yesterday Nik went down to the fourth floor and they performed the resection of the seizure focus surgery. We left him in the hands of Dr. Auguste and his "A" team at 9:00am and he returned to his bed at 7:30pm in the ICU. The doctor said it could not have gone any better and he actually found a pea sized mass in the exact area of the resection that he believes was the cause of this whole thing. He took it out as well and brought him back to us with great hope.
He is doing well. They took the breathing tube out, the feeding tube out and he just ate Trix for dinner. As long as he keeps drinking fluids regularly they won't need to hook up the IV again. He is receiving a steroid for the swelling in his brain with the hope that it won't be needed much longer. The recovery time for us here is all up to Niklas. Once he is on his feet and able to function "normal" we will be able to be discharged. Probable sometime early next week if all goes well.

We are still taking this one day at a time and are hopeful for Nik's future. All of the thoughts and prayers do not go unnoticed. Talk to you tomorrow.