A Miracle For Jodi Brown: Prep for Surgery

Monday, June 1, 2009

Prep for Surgery

It is 1:00 p.m. and we were just told that Dr. Couldwell finished with his other patients early. They will pick Jodi up to prep her for surgery in about 15 minutes.

3 comments:

Eric and Cami said...: Good luck Jodi!! We all love you and are praying for everything to go smoothly!; June 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Brandi said...: Good luck, Jodi! I pray that everything goes well with the surgery.

Love,
Brandi; June 1, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Joni said...: Good luck Jodi! I will be praying for you! Hope all goes well and you have a speedy recovery so you can get home soon!; June 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM

Jodi's Story

Jodi Orgill Brown and Tolan Brown married in 1996 and together have 4 beautiful children, Trenden, Lindi, Casen and Daven, who make every day worth living.

Jodi was diagnosed with a brain tumor in April of 2009 after months of suffering from debilitating symptoms. Though 9 doctors declared her tumor was inoperable because of it's location on the brainstem, hope was not lost. One team of specialists at the University of Utah Hospital agreed to operate and remove the tumor. The first surgery was successful in removing as much of the tumor as was possible. However, complications from the surgery caused a debilitating and life-threatening spinal fluid leak, which resulted in 2 more brain surgeries and a 5-week hospitalization and fight for life.

Jodi is now "in recovery" from a dificult round 1, and has many complications and side effects, including partial facial paralysis, loss of hearing in her right ear, complications with her eye, depth perception, sight and headaches, but still has lots of love, help, hope, miracles and angels around her everyday!