The latest

Sorry for the late update...

Bryan was released to go home Friday morning. He is doing great and very glad to be home!

All that is left now in this whole ordeal is to get the staples removed. That will happen this coming Friday and he doesn't have to go back to Boston to do it. There is a local place that will remove them for him.

God has been so good and has been so faithful. Praise God it's all over now!

Thank you for all your prayers and support!

Bryan is going home on Friday

Bryan had an Angiogram this morning and the drs said he is in great condition. This last surgery has cleared him completely. He will no longer have any more problems in this area. The Dr has also cleared Bryan to go home tomorrow.

It's amazing to think that tuesday he had brain surgery and 3 days later he is going home. Now Bryan and Becky can put this behind them and get on with their lives.

Thanks for your prayers. God is good!

Update

Bryan had a good night last night and he is doing really well today. He is still in the ICU for the moment. He has been sleeping mostly, but has also gotten up to eat and help mom with a crossword puzzle.

As of earlier this afternoon, there was still no word about whether or not he will be moved to a regular room, but like last time, they didn't move him until the end of the day. Bryan was also hoping to get up a walk around.

Praise God he is doing well and has a sense of humor

Bryan is out of surgery

Bryan is out of surgery and in recovery. The Dr said it went very well and when he was able to check on Bryan afterward, he said everything looked great.

The surgery was from about 7:30am to 12:30pm today. When I last heard from our mom, she said that Bryan was sleeping.

Bryan is going to stay in recovery for a while and then be moved to the ICU for the night. They are keeping his blood pressure low for now just until his brail and the blood flow adjust.

He will be moved to a regular room tomorrow and will hopefully come home by Saturday.

Thank you again for all your prayers. God is good!

Bryan is going in for surgery again....

FROM BRYAN:


We are almost out of the woods. I have one more sugery to go through. The large AVM which they embalized still had a vein ortwo connected to it. Our options are either to radiate it which has a 80% sucess rate is not invasive but it takes up to three years to work.

The other option is to do sugery (which obviously is very invasive) but when done will 100% cure me. We have decided to opt for the sugery. I go back to Boston this Monday (the 21st) and my sugery is at 6:00 AM on Tuesday. If you could all pray for me I would be very greatful. If all goes well I will be back home by next weekend and back to work in another week or two. We will keep you all up to date. Thank you all for your prayers.

Bryan

Update from Bryan

Hello all, sorry it has taken me so long to post another message. I have been working on my balance and making Becky feel comfortable with my balance so she would feel OK going back to work this week. After my last message I actually went back and read the blog for the first time and realized that Jenny had done a great job with the timeline of events, so I don't really have anything to add there. Up until then Becky and Mom had only read me your posts and not what Jenny was writing. She did a great job and actually reminded me of a few things I had forgotten.

Since my last post: Last Friday I went back in to Boston to have my staples removed. I was a little nervous and excited for several reasons and didn't get much sleep that night. First, my Dad was driving us and there was a big snow storm coming in that morning. He was nervous about driving in the storm, but I begged and pleaded and he finally relented and took us, but instead of leaving at 10:00 we left at 8:00 hoping to avoid the snow which started falling Thursday night. We made it to and from Boston without any issues and the roads didn't get bad until we were about 15 minutes from home.

Second, as you can imagine, they were taking staples out of the back of my head and they said they weren't going to numb me because it wouldn't hurt. Others said the same thing, but none of them had staples in the head. Plus this was just a walk in, and you don't schedule an appointment. Well we got there and I walked all the way there down two long corridors and an elevator with just holding Becky's hand. Dad waited with the car out front until we knew how long it would take. Not more than ten minutes later we were walking back to the car. THAT was a miracle, and believe it or not the staples didn't hurt at all, it just felt like someone was itching the back of my head, which believe me felt really really good.

On the way home we stopped for a bite to eat at a regular restaurant (first time out in public) and we had a good time. Since then I have been just working on my balance and strength, which has been improving tremendously every day. I am down to one medication which I still have to take twice a day but hopefully I will be off of it soon. My appetite has returned with great gusto. In fact I am eating more than I ever have =). I am going back to Boston next Friday for a check up with my Doctors and I should have more info then. When I get back I will send another post to update you all on everything.

Thank you all again for everything you have done for Becky and I. Your support has been a great source of strength for me. You are all near and dear to my heart. Have a great week and I will talk to you again next Friday or Saturday.

Love Bryan

From Bryan:

Dearest Family, Friends, and Those of I’ve never met,
Words will never express the gratitude I feel for all of your support and postings through this blog. The last month has definitely been a challenge for my family, but has shown above all else God’s grace and perfect plan. Your postings were one of the greatest sources of strength I had through this whole ordeal. Everyday I asked my family to read the new postings, usually several times a day and they were a great source of comfort. It’s humbling to think that so many people have been praying for me and my family through this time – I am still very overwhelmed. The road to recovery is going better everyday. I am walking by myself, although Becky is within 4 inches at all times, and I’m having my staples removed Friday (2/22). I know this is a fairly impersonal way of thanking everyone, but I promise it’s only the beginning. I pray that God bless every one of you seventy times over for the way you have blessed me. If anyone wants to e-mail me, I would be happy to respond, my e-mail address is bryan.kaye@gmail.com. Thank you all again and thank you Jenny for setting up this amazing source of encouragement for me. I’ll send one more post in a week or so outlining the series of events that God so perfectly set up for this situation because when you see how he set this whole plan up starting over a year ago it will really blow your mind. Thanks again!
Bryan