Facial Reanimation

You're reading this right now and I'm still in surgery!

Hello and thank you for visiting! Grab a drink, some snacks, and get yourself comfy! I know I am! Minus the drinks and snacks; I'm asleep though!

When I think about my injury, I start at the beginning. Make my way through my coma and state of amnesia. Then I land at the inpatient rehabilitation institute I was in. I adore all of the people I have come across and remember!

Then I get discharged and I'm left with figuring out how to fix the damages I'm left with.

Why?! Why me?!

I trust the plan God has for me, but personally I would have picked a different route. Now I'm trusting God with my life. My entire life. He is the Father who loves me. He will never leave me. Can I be honest with you? I'm terrified of losing God one day. I am here to do His kingdom work in this phase of my life. This has all happened to me so I can do His kingdom work.

All of the things that have happened to me, I can speak to others about it and more specifically HOW I get through it.

Talk about grief? GOD.

Talk about losing every part of me? GOD.

Talk about losing my close friends and family? GOD.

Spreading positivity my way and speaking about how faithful our God is! He has seriously helped me the past two years and I know He is not done with me.

I learned about Facial Reanimation at the beginning of last year. My Ocular Surgeon asked me if he could give my patient number to the Facial Reconstructive Surgeon. YES! I didn't even know this was a thing! One week later, the Facial Surgeon's office called me to get me in to see him the following week. Specialty doctors normally have MONTHS until they can see you.

Two weeks.

I've been working with this Surgeon ever since. Talking about what the process will look like.

Today he is doing the masseter nerve transfer and the gracilis muscle free flap transfer.

Seven to ten hours...3 days being in the hospital...he even has another surgeon helping!

Praise the Lord!