Surgery Update #3

The nurse just talked to Dad and she said that Dr. Kim is in the brainstem and everything is going fine so far. 

We will keep you posted! 

God is good! 

Dr. Kim

Hello all, 

We just met with Dr. Kim prior to beginning the brain surgery. He wanted to go over with us his approach and what his plans are to stop the deterioration and yield some improvement for our sweet Mom. 

He assured us he will be doing everything in his power to bring Mom through this surgery and we assured him there are hundreds of prayers warriors and angels guiding him during this operation as well! 

Here is our man, Dr. Dong Kim! 

Prayer Warriors, start storming the heavens!!! 

Update #2

We just got our first update from her operating team. 

The tracheostomy is complete and she did well. Now they are starting to prep for the brain surgery. 

Keep the prayers coming, prayer warriors! 

Goodbye kisses to our Mom! 

The anesthesiologists taking her back! (Thanks for documenting, Dad!) 

Update #1

Good morning from Memorial Hermann Hospital. 

We just said our goodbyes, kissed our precious lady and sent her on her way to the OR!

Miracles are going to happen today!!! 

Lots of smiles in her pre op room! 

She's got this!! God is so good!! 

Mom's Surgery

Hello friends and family, 

It has been a long time since we last provided an update on our Mom. Unfortunately, over the last year or so she has been in a long slow decline. She remains completely dependent on our Dad's care for all functions of daily living. She has no mobility, speech is very difficult with only single words and the horrible double vision continues. More recently, her swallowing and lung capacity are strained. 

Over the past year Mom has had significant therapy, but to no avail. After numerous visits with many specialists and additional MRI's and CT scans, it has been determined that something is still going on in her brain stem and we have made the very difficult decision to go back in for another brain surgery to attempt to arrest the deterioration and possibly allow her to improve. 

Mom and Dad met with Dr. Dong Kim, the Neurosurgeon today and they expect to start the surgery at 7:30am with a Tracheostomy followed by the start of the brain surgery around 9:30 or 10am. Dr Kim then expects about an eight hour procedure hopefully ending around 6pm. 

The surgery will take place once again at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. It has almost been two years since Mom underwent the last procedure. 

We pray that this extremely difficult surgery will be a success. Please keep her in your prayers today, tomorrow and the weeks to come. 

Thank you for all the love and support.  It means the world to us. 

Sincerely,

John Sedlak

Kelly, Michael and Rachel 

Mom and Baby Austin

Rachel and Mom

I will be updating my blog throughout the surgery just like last time. As we get updates from the nurses, I will post to keep everyone up to speed! 

Thank you Prayer Warriors!! 

Our new Baby Boy!!

Hello World!

On May 28th, we welcomed our sweet baby boy into the world, Mr. Austin. He is precious and the perfect addition to our little family! We are so very blessed to have another baby to love! Thank you for celebrating him with us. 

Here are a few pictures of our new little man! 

7 pounds & 15 ounces

Mommy and Baby

Going home! 

Loving Grandma & Grandpa

Very proud Big Brother and his sibling cake!! (He may have been more excited about that cake than the new baby!) 

We are so in love with you, Austin!!!! 

Nicholson, party of FOUR!!

Exciting news for our little family, in June we will become Nicholson, Party of FOUR. We are so excited to welcome a new baby BOY to our family! I am 5 months along and feeling great! (Finally!)


We shared the great news with family and friends in our Christmas card and below are some of the Big Bro pictures from the announcement! John Chris is thrilled to be a Big Brother. (We're calling the baby "Baby A" until his birthday, then we'll share his precious name with the world!)

Love, Rachel, John & John Chris