Dupe' News

Allan is having surgery in Seattle on March 22nd for Schwannoma. Basically what that is is a tumor that is growing on an auditory nerve on his left side under his brain. The surgeon will remove a section of his skull and go under his brain to remove the growth. It is causing him to loose his hearing on the left side and he has ringing on that side that is driving him insane! The surgery of course is not without risk, but is pretty common and the surgeon as of right now does not anticipate any problems. He will have a partial facial paralysis for a short time after the surgery and will be in the hospital for 5 days while he recovers. He and I will be in Seattle for 10 days. Mom is coming to stay with the boys in Kodiak so I don't have to take them out of school. I think that's best as I don't want them seeing their Dad with tubes and wires protruding from his head and face. But, I'm more concerned with what her influence will do to them for 10 days then I am with Allan's surgery. Don't get me wrong, I'm worried of course, but he'll be fine. And as Alex said...Now he'll be a true metal head since he'll have a metal plate for the rest of his life. LOL

I'll keep you posted.