Bryson's Surgery!

As you all know, Bryson has suffered UTI after UTI and has been sick for months now. Well, his catheter finally quit working properly a few weeks ago and it was just not going in and things were getting worse and worse with his infections. I took him to his urologist and the best solution to this problem with a surgery called a vesicostomy. This is where a tiny hole is placed in the lower abdomen and goes to the bladder, where another hole is made, and that's called a stoma. This stoma acts as a drain for the bladder and his urine drains continually straight into his diaper. This is going to give Bryson's little bladder a much needed rest and is going to let some damage that was done by the catheter time to heal as well. Since the catheter was not going in properly, it was forming false passages and was putting dents and holes in the outside wall of his bladder and was causing damage. This damage will heal with the vesicostomy and the high pressures in his bladder will also go down and his infections will stop. This is only temporary and the vesicostomy will me closed in about 6 months or so. After that, another surgery will take place. A ureter re-implantation will be done to lengthen his ureter tubes to his urine won'e reflux into his kidneys anymore, which has been a huge issue for some time now and was contributing to the frequent UTI's as well. Bryson's bladder wall is very thick and muscly instead of thin and flexible and his ureter tubes going to his kidneys are too short, causing massive reflux. Reflux is where the urine flows backwards into the kidneys instead of forward to the bladder. The high pressure being put on his bladder by the thick walls and also his major constipation issues, causes the reflux and the tubes being so short makes it a short trip! So, all of these issues are going to be resolved with these surgeries.

Now that you know all the medical mumbo jumbo, let's talk about some fun stuff! Well, it started out not so fun! When Bryson woke up from surgery he was a force to be reckoned with. He was yanking on wires and iv tubes and wanted all of that crap off and out of him! The tube they had put down his throat really irritated his throat and his cough made him sound like a seal! The doctors and nurses were great, though, and they took everything out of him right away and even though it was really late, they let us take Bryson home. He slept the whole way and actually ate pancakes at 9pm when we got home! He woke up this morning and was so happy and was playing like normal and ate like a champ. He is totally fine today and is being a typical rambunctious little boy again! I am having to watch his every move because he is wanting to stand on his head and he is rolling and crawling everywhere! Little tootie! He is napping right now and this is the only reason I am able to post on his blog!

Anywho, God is great and has shown me that we have to go through trials and tribulations in order to put our total trust in Him and to get to the good stuff that He has planned for us. I am trusting and having complete faith in the fact that God is preparing us for only good things and that He guided Dr. Strand the whole way through Bryson's surgery and Bryson is going to feel so much better now.

Birdies for Bryson! A Complete Success!

I haven't been posting on here as often as I would like because I have been so busy lately with fundraising, but just though I would give everyone an update on what's been going on.

A high school friend and I put together a golf benefit called Birdies for Bryson, as you all know, and this event turned out so great and we had so much fun! I got to see classmates I haven't seen in over 20yrs and it just amazed me at the show of support from them even though it's been so long. It was such a beautiful day for golfing and the golf course and club were just gorgeous. I mean, this even went off without a hitch! Everything ran so smoothly and everyone had an awesome time! God was with us on this day for sure because He laid it heavy on people to donate and donate they did! We raised a gross total of over $7,000 and after the course was paid and expenses were taken out, Bryson profited $5,000! Woohoo! Praise God!

Another great thing happened during all of the planning for this event and that was getting to know my best friend from high school all over again. We reconnected and bonded so much during this time. We just kinda picked right back up where we left off over 20yrs ago. It was so cool! Lisa Barclay came up with the idea of having a golf tournament and it was a great one. She worked her butt off putting it together and it turned out to be an enormous success.

Wow, what a blessing! I got my best friend back in my life and Bryson got an amazing amount of money for his stem cell fund! I have truly never been so blessed in all my life! God is doing amazing things in Bryson and in my life and I am so very thankful for it all. I glorify God every day for the things He's doing for me and my family and for Bryson.

Thank you Heavenly Father and Thank you Jesus for your blood so that I could be forgiven and can receive all the blessings from your Father and so Bryson can have healing.

One amazing little boy!

I just had to share something Bryson has been doing for a couple of weeks now that I just can't get over! I walked in the bedroom one night and he was standing on his head! I mean, a full-blown headstand! I was stunned and I laughed so hard because I though to myself, "how in the world is he doing that"! I tried to get it on video and he, of course, wouldn't do it on command. I started leaving the camera in the room and every time he would do it, I would try to catch it, with little or no success. Well, I finally got a good one today! I can't get it to load on here for some reason, but I posted it on Facebook, so go check it out! It never ceases to amaze me how God is at work in my son's life and mine too! He is healing this little guy more and more every day and I am one thankful and grateful momma!