Here is the Latest

If you dont want to go to the website I have copied and pasted the lastest update from Griffen's site. Here it is (very long).

October 24, 2007 at 01:36 PM EDT
Hello friends Here's a review of what has occured with Griffin so far.He was at kid's choir at our church on Sunday night, and we were in a meeting in another part of the church. Someone came and got us to say that Griffin had fallen and an ambulance had been called. He was taken by ambulance to Greenville Memorial and was complaining of a headache and said he couldn't feel or move his left side.When we arrived in the ER we were very soon shown a picture of his cat scan showing a rather large blood clot in his brain.Of course, everyone assumed it was from the fall.However, Griffin kept saying that he was dizzy before he fell.So they did another scan to see if there could be another cause besides the fall.They found out he had an AVM which is a malformation in the brain.He had probably had it from birth, but you don't know it until it bleeds.So Griffin's had bled and that's what caused the fall. The fall had done no damage.He had simply fallen becuse of the bleed.He was admitted to ICU in Greenville and we were told he would need a surgery to remove the AVM.The doctors at Greenville do not do many of these procedures so they wanted us to go to Emory in Atlanta to have it done.Grifin was flown by helicopter at about 3:30 AM while we drove down.The whole time Griffin was given a lot of morphine so he wouldn't hurt or be scared.He really was not aware of what was going on.He was admitted to the ICU at Emory Children's Hospital (Egleston).The whole day he was kept sedated and just rested.On Monday night many things occured.First we had a scare when they said Griffin's pupils had changed and they rushed him for another cat scan.Fortunantely,that was not the case and his scan was much the same as the one in Greenville.Later that night they put him on a ventilator and then later also put a tube in in his brain to monitor the pressure and drain fluid.It was a very scary and bad night.The next day (Tuesday) was much better.They did an angiogram to see what the AVM looked like and to make sure there were no anurisyms.We were so glad to hear that the AVM is in a good place to operate and no anurisms! Last night was better than the previous night but we did have one situation in which they couldn't get his brain pressure regulated and they did another cat scan. The good news was the scan has not changed ,and they have been able to keep the presure regulated for the past 10 hours.That is where we are at the present time. We want to thank everyone for their prayers so far.It is a comfort to us and we love each of you so much.Our 2 other boys are staying with their grandparents in Easley so they can keep going to school. Our twin foster babies are with 2 different foster families in the area who love them very much.We know all 4 kids are in good hands, but we miss them all terribly.Griffin is still heavily sedated which is really a good thing so he's not afraid.The last thing he probably remembers is the ambulance ride to Greenville.We are doing fine too and do not need anything right now,but we appreciate the many offers we've had.The hospital has a couch bed in Griffin's room for one of us and a bedroom down the hall for the other parent.We also have a shower in Griffin's room and a shower just down the hall.The hospital also has washers and dryers as well as plenty of food choices downstairs.So we are fine for now.Please continue to pray for Griffin to heal enough to have his surgery and for us to have comfort and strength.We will try to post daily.We love all of you so much.