Marco returned to Mexico last night (2/15/2012) and is happy to be home.  He’s staying in a great home with some of our medical team for a few days while he continues to recuperate.

He’ll be on a special diet for a while until he can chew solid food again and it will be a while until his strength is back.  Right now he’s sleeping a lot but doing very well. (aside from a slight eye infection)

Please continue to keep him in your prayers as he has a long road ahead of him.

Thanks

The Staff at Door of Faith

Marco is doing much better on his way to recovery.  He’s getting down blended food, walking some, and had a good day yesterday with lots of visitors.  He’s in a regular room now (not ICU) and we’re working on pain management right now.

Please continue the prayers. Our hope is that he’s able to leave the hospital in the next few day and be back in Mexico by this weekend.

Marco will still have a few follow up appointments to check on the work that was done.  We’re praying that the entire tumor was removed as ANYTHING left might grow back.

Thanks to everyone for the prayers, visits, and encouraging words.

   Marco had an uncomfortable night in the ICU waiting to be extubated (removing the breathing tube). This morning the tube was removed and he is breathing well on his own. 

   He was cleared from ICU and moved into a regular room late this morning to continue recovery. We will continue to post updates as changes occur.

  Thank you for all your prayers and support. Just because he is doing well does not mean the prayers can lighten up, he still has a long way to go.

Thank you,

The Team from Door of Faith

Marco’s surgeons just notified us that they have finished the second-round of surgery.  After thoroughly exploring the area once again, they feel confident that there was no tumor left to remove. 

He is doing well and will be returned to the ICU for recovery.  They hope to have him up and walking around later today or tomorrow. 

We are all ecstatic and grateful for the wonderful team that’s taken care of Marco here.  Thank you for all your prayers and to those who have visited, brought us food, and encouraged us during this last week.

Please keep praying for Marco, that he would recover quickly and without complications.

Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support for Marco during this difficult time.

Marco has been doing well.  He is in ICU and has slept most of the day but has been awake at times, and we can see he hasn’t lost any of his vibrant personality.

After two days of debate, the surgical team, together with the radiologists and specialists from another nearby hospital, have decided they cannot be sure that all of the tumor has been removed. The have concluded that it is best to return to the OR for exploratory surgery to confirm that the tumor has been completely removed. 

It’s been very difficult to wait on their decision, but we trust the neurosurgery and ENT (ears-nose-throat) team and believe it is worth the risk of another surgery to remove anything that might remain. 

Surgery will be mid-morning tomorrow. We will update the blog as we hear news. Tomorrow’s operation will be much less invasive than Friday’s surgery and should be much quicker.

Please be in unceasing prayer for our dear Marco. It is very difficult to see him recovering from Friday’s surgery and have to be operated on once again. We need a true miracle — that every last tumor cell would be removed and that this would be the end of Marco’s hospital visits. 

We continue to wait for news regarding the results of Marco’s surgery. Yesterday’s surgery was more invasive than we’d anticipated and his recovery will be more complicated.  While the surgeons were pleased with the outcome, they cannot guarantee all of the tumor was removed.

He had a fever today and we would ask that you pray against infection as we await culture results.

 He also had an MRI and CT today and we’re hoping for confirmation that the tumor has been completely removed. Marco has been sleeping most of the day, as the medication for pain make him quite sedated. He has had a few wakeful moments where he was able to communicate with us and recognize the team that is here with him. 

Please continue to pray for this awesome kid! 

Marco is out of surgery and the early reports is that it went very well.  He’s currently being kept asleep and we’ll have more news in the next few hours.

Marco has a long road of recovery ahead of him, please continue to keep him in your prayers. 

As we post this (about 7pm) Marco is still in surgery.    As soon as we have more information we’ll post again but please keep him and the surgical team in your prayers.

It’s been a while since we posted an update, sorry about that.

The tumor that was removed was benign BUT a few cells survived the last surgery and have been growing.  Marco is back in the hospital (Arrowhead Regional Medical Center) for follow-up surgery scheduled for tomorrow (Feb 3rd).  Originally this was scheduled for the 10th but the hospital opened up a spot for him.

This surgery is not as invasive as the last but still very tricky, please continue to keep Marco in your prayers and thank you for all the prayers so far.