FAQs/Adam's 1st post

This is my 1st post on the blog. With the surgery just around the corner, I decided to answer some of the questions that I get a lot. If you think of a question that isn't here, ask away!

1. When is the surgery?
Phase 1 will take place November 1. Phase 2 will take place shortly thereafter.

2. Where will it be?
Cook Children's Medical Center, Ft Worth, TXhttps://www.cookchildrens.org/ForPatientsFamilies/MedicalCenter/Pages/default.aspx#1

3. How long will your recovery be? When might you be home again?
The recovery time at the hospital could be just a few weeks, followed by several weeks of resting at home.

4. What is going to happen during the surgeries and hospital stay?
I don’t have the clearest idea now. See Q8 for more info.

5. What do you hope will change after the surgery? Best case scenario?
Significantly less to no medication is what I’m hoping for.

6. Will you have a killer scar to show off?
Heck yeah!!!

7. Are you worried about the surgery?
Not really. Things like this just don’t faze me that much for some reason.

8. Where can I read more about this type of surgery?
I just do a Google search for epilepsy surgery. These are a few I’ve readhttp://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/journal/issue1/surgery?gclid=CIaZ_v3x-qsCFQPs7QodHTBOmg http://www.epilepsy.com/EPILEPSY/surgery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy_surgery

9. How many lattes do you think that your mom will buy while you are at the hospital?
My guess is between 5 and 8 per week.

10. What are you looking forward to doing once you are home again?
Starting to get off my medication.

11. How will you and your parents pass the time in the hospital?
We will have our laptops with us, enough said.

12. Do you have any plans for future surgeries?
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) will be in the works as soon as this 1st surgery is done.