Hello Everyone, I am Travis and my mommy and daddy found out last week, that I am going to have surgery on my spine. My spine is growing "s" shape, which is causing my heart, lungs and other organ to move around. I am now starting to have problems breathing & I am in a lot of pain. I don't like to sit in my wheel chair. The doctor wanted to wait until I am 12, which is next March, so I can grow a little more. But since I am having problem, they went on and made the decision to have the surgery a little earlier. I am having surgery on May 12th and the doctor will have to pull my body and stretch it, then they will line my heart, lungs in place and put metal plates in my spine to hold it together. My mom & dad has talk to a lot of different Doctor's and they think I am ready for the surgery. I will have to stay in the hospital in ICU for at least a week. When I come home I have to lay flat in bed for a month. My mommy & me will ride home in a ambulance and have to have a nurse stay with me 24 hours a day to help take care of me. I will be going to Duke hospital to have my surgery, my mommy is staying with me, but I want be able to see my two brothers & my sister. Please pray for them.
Since I want be able to play outside for a whole month, we are going to the North Carolina Zoo the Saturday before my surgery with a lot of my friends. I can't wait. Renee will post some pictures for everyone.
The doctor says my brain doesn’t work, but they can’t understand why I can laugh, and following the sound of my mommy, daddy, brothers and sister voices. I can respond to my doctor’s voice also. The doctor doesn’t know why and how, but I know why “Jesus”
Will everyone please say a prayer for me, my family, and my doctors. I don’t like seeing my family so sad.
Thanks and God Bless You.
Travis
