{"id":57284,"date":"2016-06-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2016x106x1cranioversary-4\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:21:43","slug":"cranioversary-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2016\/06\/cranioversary-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Cranioversary #4 – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four years ago today I handed my baby over to a team of surgeons. I shared the full story last year<\/a>, but I don\u2019t let this day go by without celebrating it. Without shouting to the world what an amazing fighter my once tiny boy is. What amazing obstacles he has overcome, and is still overcoming.<\/p>\n

We met with both his Neurosurgeon and his Plastic Surgeon in the last 2 weeks. These appointments always have me losing sleep and feeling anxious. One word from either of them and he could be headed under the knife again. We began preparing him, and ourselves. Deep down inside I just knew they would say the word surgery.<\/p>\n

But they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Praise God- his neurosurgeon told us he doesn\u2019t even need to see us again. As in, never again! We don\u2019t have to go back- ever, unless there is some unforeseeable problem in the future. I couldn\u2019t\u2019 believe it! I stayed reserved, I stayed skeptical. And then, this week we made the drive up to see the Plastic Surgeon.<\/p>\n

The Plastic Surgeon smiled and congratulated us on how well he\u2019s doing. He was impressed with how his skull is growing and at how smart our little guy is. The meeting was short and sweet and left us with the least amount of questions we\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re still waiting. We\u2019re still watching. We will continue seeing our Plastic Surgeon once a year to update. He thinks we may need to have another procedure once my Little Man is around the age of 2nd Grade, but it\u2019s a much smaller procedure. Just a little fill-in where his temples are still sunken in. And that\u2019s ONLY if it doesn\u2019t fill out on its own- and honestly, I\u2019ve noticed a huge change in the last 6 months or so already. It looks as if it might fix itself.<\/p>\n

So, here we are. Breathing a collective sigh of relief. Feeling like we can take some chances, financially or otherwise. We\u2019ve been in a limbo, expecting another surgery. How freeing it is that we may never have to go through that again. We can\u2019t stop smiling. And planning. And thanking God for this healthy \u00a0boy who replaced such a sick and tiny baby.<\/p>\n

There was a time I wasn\u2019t sure we would ever get here. And here we are!<\/p>\n

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