Thursday, July 16, 2026
operation
The previous operation seemed to be more than skin deep, hence it being visible beyond a couple of days. Maybe they have decided on some. further actions, with the first one being.largely exploratory. This would possibly keep him in for a week or two at least.
I am personally doubtful, as most of the investigation inside the skull could be done non-invasively, yet they appeared to go inside.
So I doubt a further operation theory, and prefer the special care theory, which could include determining the right drugs and dosages, before returning home, or some other care solution.
Given the potentially long growth period, I am uncertain about his quality of life expectations, after their previous decision to open up the skull.
I am somewhat surprised that Sue has never come back to me after dismissing my earlier worries as unfounded. Maybe I was in hospital myself at that stage, and now worries about telling me things so closely related to my own issues.
M
There is another possibility. The surgeon may have found something that was not visible on the scan, and basically called for extra time or needed some decision about proceeding. So this is indicating poor or incomplete pre-op information which presumably can happen.
Whatever they were going to do was abandoned and they then needed either extra information, or different authorities to proceed at a later date. This scenario is probably bad news, and the decisions quality of life ones.
I feel J should be optimistic, and choose a risky route, chancing his luck.
The op does not need to take long, and he may already have had it. The outcome may be quite a few days to be apparent. And even then unclear as to its success.
I would overall rate his chance of full recovery as small, mostly because I see the problem having been significant at least 10 years ago, and went largely untreated. Chance of coming home soon is small, if they decide to do anything.
M
