WARNING: Graphic content. Don’t look at this post if you don’t want to see brain surgery
- I wore the CAF (Challenged Athletes Foundation) socks that my coach sent to surgery. Thanks Steven!
- On the drive to surgery. Yep, there were smiles!
- Pre-surgery CT scan
- Getting my XL frame put on
- Nice and tight!
- Don’t let it fool you! Local anesthetic for this operation. General anesthesia wasn’t used until the last hour or so when the pulse generator was implanted in my chest.
- A close up showing the frame that was secured through my skull
- This was taken just before the burr hole was drilled
- First you can see my scalp pulled back, then you see my skull, then you can see a little bit of my brain through the hole that was drilled
- Time for the lead to go in!
- Seriously. How cool is that?
- All done and stapled up!
- In ICU recovery after the surgery. Thumbs up with my affected hand!
I’ll post the videos in just a bit.