Today was a busy day. We got to meet with the neurosurgeons today, who explained that part of my mom's injury includes the part of the brain that controls sleeping and waking. This helps to understand a lot about why she is asleep. They were again encouraging and it provided us with a lot of hope about my mom's potential for healing. She looked good today - her skin color looked good, her bruises are healing, all of her vitals are stable (which has been the case since the accident), and she was moving a little more than she did yesterday.
A big event today was the decision to pursue surgery tomorrow to repair her pelvic fracture and the fractures in her right arm. It may feel like this decision was sudden, but we grilled multiple doctors for multiple hours today on the benefits and risks of these procedures. My family and the doctors are all comfortable with this decision. The surgery is not only helpful for the healing of my mom's fractures, but it will quite likely make the healing of her brain easier for her body. It was also good to hear how confident the neurosurgeons were with her stable situation just to allow the orthopedic surgeons to operate. She will be "wheeled out" to surgery at about 7:30 am tomorrow morning, then she will be prepped, they will do the pelvic surgery first, and then finish with the arm surgery. We expect her to be in surgery for at least 6 hours and possibly more. We're all definitely a bit apprehensive, but I think I speak for all of us when I say that my mom is in excellent hands.
She has so many visitors each day, it is such an amazing reminder of how loved she is. Every time someone asks what we need, we are reminded of how blessed we are.
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