Miracle Morgan: Bedside Brain Mapping

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Bedside Brain Mapping

Dr. Clark has just completed Morgan's "brain mapping" procedure. I was able to sit in and observe while he performed his magic. Dr. Clark is a very soft spoken man & this helped me to feel at ease because I knew God was guiding his hands. This was very interesting & very emotional for a mom to watch, but I wouldn't of changed it for the world. He was able to determine the exact location of the seizure source (Praise The Lord). He stimulated the motor complex part of Morgan's brain & he determined the surgery would NOT effect her motor skills by the removal of the damaged area (anterior temporal). This surgery is tentatively set for Friday. We do not know the exact time of the surgery but will keep everyone posted. Keep the prayers going...they are working...God is Awesome!!

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UnknownMarch 6, 2013 at 10:23 AM
We are so ready for this miracle! Holler when you need anything at all. Food, encouragement, levity...whatever. And tell Morgan she better be ready for a full on dose of big, dumb and fun (that's me) when she gets out. God IS awesome. -Chad
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AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM
This is great and I am glad that you were able to see what Dr. Clark was seeing. God is showing the way. Give my girl a hug from me. Our prayers are with you all... Sherlyn
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AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Praying for your sweet family!!! ....Ruby May
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AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 11:44 AM
This is wonderful, and yes as a mother I am sure it was hard to watch, but such a wonderful gift to be able to see what the doctors were seeing. I pray for a speedy recovery and that we will begin to see progress as soon as possible. Give her hugs for us too and hugs for you and Billy and Will also.

God does awesome things.

Amy, Wes, Tia and Jason
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AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Glory, glory, glory, fabulous report!!! Staying in fervent prayer for the miraculous! For you and Billy to continue to have peace and for precious Morgan to stay comfortable as she heals!! Blessings to you all, the Zesch gang

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Morgan's Story

Our daughter Morgan turned five in December. She was born healthy and developed normally, at first. She began having seizures at the age of two. Since then, her development has halted, even regressed. She now cannot talk. She walks, but is uncoordinated which causes her to fall multiple times a day. She rarely smiles or laughs, since she doesn't feel good.
She is an intelligent little girl that just seems to be trapped in her body right now. Doctors said that the seizures and the medicine were likely holding her back from progressing. She has been on seven to eight different seizure medicines and continues to have multiple seizures daily and nightly mostly during her sleep. The medicines were also affecting her negatively. Some of them made her hyper, some made her so lethargic she couldn't function, and some made her kind of crazy. We tried multiple treatments to try and help her such as diet, supplements, and therapy. We would see fluctuating results. All the while, she just wasn't developing or learning and continued to have daily frequent seizures.
She has undergone multiple testing and seen multiple doctors. Last year, after three days of being in the hospital with video monitoring of her seizures, she was just put on some more medication. At that time, we were told she was not a candidate for surgery as her seizures were coming from different parts of the brain.
In the last couple of months, Morgan's seizures had worsened so much, that we were having to give her the emergency treatments and even called EMS. It was no quality of life for her. We had to do something. We had been so against surgery before, but finally my husband and I had decided we were ok with it and were going to ask the doctors if it was an option now. Well, we didn't even have to ask them because when we got to the appointment, the doctors had looked over her MRI again. After studying her case with a panel of specialists, they had decided that she was now a candidate for surgery. They said they thought they could remove or disconnect most of the areas that were causing the problems.
We are praying and believing that the doctors will be able to get ALL of these problem causing areas. We are believing that ALL seizures will be gone and never return, and medication will no longer be needed. We pray for a speedy recovery with no initial temporary regression( which doctors said was possible). We also pray for total restoration and the ability for her brain to catch up and to learn and develop.

With God ALL things are possible

Thank you all so much for your prayers.
Jeananne, Billy, Will and Morgan Johnson