Saturday February 27, 2010 - The Beginning

Kyle had been getting migraine headaches for about three weeks. On Saturday (about 1:30 p.m.) after doing an intense P90X Kenpo work out, Kyle grabbed his head with a very strong headache. This headache was so intense that he immediately felt nauseated. He ran to the bathroom to vomit. He then tried to lay down and sleep it off but when he laid down the pressure was too intense and uncomfortable for him to sleep. So he moved to a recliner and put a damp cloth over his eyes and forehead in the dark theater room. I stayed with him and told him just to relax there. I had some errands I had to run and would check-up on him later.( 3:30) Half way through my errands I called home and there was no answer, (4:05) thinking he was asleep I continued on with my errands. Upon arriving home (5:30) I found Kyle on his hands and knees having vomited into the bucket next to him. His speech was slurred and the left side of his mouth was droopy. I ran to get help from our neighbor who is a paramedic. He confirmed the fact that I needed to call 911.

The paramedics rushed him to the ER. They did a Cat Scan. The Cat Scan showed a tangerine size bleed on the right frontal lobe. To rule out an aneurysm they injected him with a dye. Luckily, it was not an aneurysm. But we still were not out of the woods. Kyle was admitted to ICU that night. He was stable all night, but about 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning when they were wheeling him to get another Cat Scan he started to vomit again, an indication that he was bleeding again. So they took him back to his room and put a tube down his nose and into his stomach. Before they could get him back in his room the Cat Scan Tech called to say that the Cat Scan showed that he had bled more about the size of a grapefruit and his brain had move 17mm. The neurosurgeon said that surgery was necessary and urgent. At 7:20 a.m. the hospital called me and told me that Kyle had taken a turn for the worst and asked me to come immediately with my children. Once in the ICU every available hand was busy working on Kyle to prep him for surgery. Barb, the head nurse, matter-a-factly told us the seriousness of this surgery. When there is surgery on the brain--there is a high chance that things can go from bad to worst.

He was immediately taken into surgery. The surgeon said that it was about a 2 hour surgery, but it lasted 4 hours. During which it was discovered that he had AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) making surgery very difficult. We were so relieved when we heard that he had made it through the surgery. He remained in stable condition during the surgery and came out about 1:30 pm. His condition was not critical, but was very serious. They told us that the next 72 hours were critical, as so much can change in so little time. We were very for fortunate that Jocelyn could find an early flight from Virginia arriving at the airport around 8pm Sunday night. Giving her just enough time to let Kyle know she was here before visiting hours were over.

His Cat-Scan right after surgery read an improvement of 8mm. We have been so blessed with your faith and prayers. Please keep them coming the next 72 hours in critical to his successful recovery.