Dr. Chugani is head of Jack's entire surgery process and was responsible for all the testing to find Jackson's focus and candidacy for surgery. He actually is the Doctor who first pioneered using PET scans in detection for Infantile Spasms surgery. He has been wonderful to work with...so caring, prays for all his patients before surgery, and even gives his home number! And this Dr. is busy! They do at least 1 of these surgeries a week. He does so much for all these kids.
He thinks Jackson is doing really well. Right now is when he is most vulnerable for seizure activity, because of the trauma from the surgery itself and the stress. Additionally, there is a period after surgery called "winding down." Epilepsy is a "learned" behavior throughout the brain, so after removing the area, the brain has to learn to quiet down. However, it is a good sign we haven't seen anything yet and we continue to pray that we don't. He just doesn't want us to be alarmed in the next few weeks. Although he did say Jackson is a Texan so he should do great!
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