The Syndicate

Well you're special.

Jack Kellan Ferguson showed up at about 9:30 last night, not 100% sure of the time. Happy, healthy and his parents are already enraptured~ as it should be. All is well 24 hours after my whole family was a nervous wreck.

Thanks Guys

Jesse is out of surgery and resting well, he was awake for the whole thing (that's how they do brain surgery) and was talking about all of the family dogs, apparently, as well as his ex boyfriend who went straight~ the doctors said he was "fun to operate on" lolol. They got most of the tumor, more than they had hoped based on positioning, and he looks normal (he was petrified of getting droop issues, which was a real possibility) and talks and reacts normally and appropriately, also very real concerns which could have realistically been side effects of this surgery. So so far so good, now on to chemo etc. and recovery.

Kirsten, on the other hand, is still in labor (I was wrong before, she had a scheduled inducement, not a c-section) and demanding Words with Friends moves, lol. Gonna be a long night!

P.S. And my sister Kirsten is having a scheduled c-section today. So when jesse was scheduled for today as well (his was originally supposed to be the ninth), there was no way she could change hers. This was the earliest it could be scheduled, and all the arrangements were made (out of state mother in law, in home caretaker for Kirs autistic daughters, husband off work, etc.).

So it is a quite a day for my family. Good Thoughts & Prayers (if you lean that way) appreciated

My youngest brother, Jesse (I have an extended group of 6, of which I am oldest, he is youngest, 2 brothers, 3 stepsibs) is undergoing surgery for a brain tumor today. I need good thoughts. Not sure why I put this here, in this thread, but it seemed fitting.

The surgery is at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, with one of the top doctors in the US, and everything is gonna be fine. But it's still scary.

Beth Hart is his favorite singer, and this is the song I have in mind today, although the one I posted for him on Facebook (he is going to be awake for the surgery, that is how they do brain surgery. He can't bring his phone into surgery, but he has it in the prep room until he goes in at 7:30) is less raw, this is the one I am thinking of:

<3

Thats awesome, and inspirational. It isn't always easy to pick yourself back up, and it takes a lot of strength.