Surgery update!

We’ve been blessed with the miracle of another successful surgery today! After 11 hours in the surgery room, Sophia is doing great. Both Dr. Cherny and Dr. Johans said “it went very very well”. Dr. Johans was the first one to come talk to us, he said “in our field, these two surgeries were like poetry.” Everything went extremely well, very smoothly, with no complications and the doctors got to remove everything that was left of the tumor. With everything that could have gone wrong, nothing did. Dr. Cherny came out with a skull model and explained what they did. It’s a true miracle, and it’s truly the work of God done thru these very special doctors. The cut this time went from ear to ear, a bigger piece of the cranium was cut and removed, including the eye socket, to get to that area, that is almost behind the nose bridge, in between the eyes, where 2 eye nerves cross. They feel optimistic about the vision, we won’t know for sure for about 48 hours but they think the optical nerves look really good. It was one of the few parts were the tumor wasn’t attached too badly (another miracle!), so they didn’t have to do a lot of scrapping or cutting of blood vessels in that area. The stalk in the pituitary gland was the other concern, being only 1 millimeter long, hidden in such a large tumor, they knew it could be easily missed and removed with the tumor. That’s actually what happened. That stalk regulates most of the functions of the pituitary gland, but with hormone treatments and medication Sophia will get what her body needs for her normal development. The doctors didn’t seem concerned about that, they said they were kind of expecting that to happen. It’ll probably be a slow recovery, but I believe the worse is over. And you never know, when you see that little body, and how incredibly well she endured these 2 dreadful surgeries, it makes you realize what a fighter our little Sophia is. Can’t wait to see what God has in store for her, I just know that she has a special purpose in life!. When I go back to the hospital tomorrow, I’ll be bringing my camera so that I can send you a photo. The nurses braided her hair, put a ribbon on the braids and she looks like an angel :) Well, that’s the update for the day. We are all exhausted but we can breath easier now, I know Veronica and Scott will rest a little better tonight. Let’s continue praying for Sophia’s vision, strength and recovery and in thanksgiving for Dr. Cherny and Dr. Johans and the outcome of the surgery!. God bless each and everyone of you, Daniela Ysursa



Thank you, thank you Lord for being so gracious and loving and for listening to our prayers. Thank you for revealing yourself, your love, and your warmth, through all these loving people, Sophia’s prayer angels, that have been so crucial in our lives during these past couple of weeks.

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> Thank you Mark so very much, we have nothing but appreciation for people like you that have so generously showered Sophia with prayers. I'm adding you to my list so that you can get my updates, which I've been trying to do daily.