One more week!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas filled with all of God's blessings! Today we had the discharge meeting we have all been anticipating. All the therapists and doctors created a tentative date of JANUARY 5TH to discharge Macey from rehabilitation! We just cannot believe that she only had to stay here a little over a month! The past couple days Macey has had her hundreds of staples from her head, back, and pelvic area removed. This is a process Macey absolutely dreads! Luckily they are all gone now! The neurosurgeon also came to meet with us to discuss a few options in putting the bone flap to her skull back in. There are two options that have both pros and cons. Option A put a plastic computer generated skull in that will take 6 weeks to create and will fit like a glove. This would mean 6 weeks from now they would have to re-shave her hair and come back to Long Beach for surgery. Option B is use her own skull that has been preserved for the past month that will grow into each other. The doctor said during the time of her original surgery it was very dramatic and urgent, and usually he keeps a good eye on what is done to the skull, but he admitted he handed it to a scrub-tech to put it on ice. He said he is sure everything is fine with it, but you never know. He stated the infection rate of both options is only about 2 percent, so it was completely up to us. Macey decided on using her own skull because it is part of her body and will hopefully mesh with no problem. This way we can be on our merry way out of this hospital and not have to be readmitted in a 6 weeks! If anyone has any knowledge or prior experiences on the plastic or regular cranioplasty options please let us know your feedback! If plans stay as is Macey will be discharged from rehabilitation on the 5th and transferred into surgery for her skull that day. She will need to stay here for a couple days to recover after surgery, and they project we should be free to drive home the 7th or 8th! Hallelujah!!! Macey then will start out-patient therapy at Center for neuro skills in Bakersfield. She is still non-weight bearing for another 4 weeks. Macey has been succeeding tremendously in tons of occupational, speech, and physical therapy in her wheelchair. Praise God we will be out of here in about a week and a half! He has been so good to us! I realized I haven't written one blog post that hasn't portrayed Macey's positive progression. We are so blessed we didn't have any bumps in the road. Macey's recovery has been so smooth for such a short amount of time. This is only due to the grace of God and the power of prayer!

God Bless and Happy new year!