Edmonton Boy's Surgery a Success say docs PART TWO #5!

[Catty1]

THANKS, NEW YORK! :D

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Updated: Fri May. 21 2010 15:15:05

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Little Maddox Flynn was stitched up and wheeled out of the operating room Friday afternoon. The doctor says everything went exceptionally well and the two-and-a-half-year-old is now resting comfortably.

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A surgical team at the Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York has dedicated their efforts to fix a lymphatic malformation on Maddox's face.

CTV's Daryl McIntyre was there as Maddox was prepped for surgery. Maddox's mother is expected to arrive in New York Friday evening to help take care of son.

The surgical team was led by Dr. Milton Waner who says today's surgery focused on the lymphatic abnormality that created the disfigurement specifically around Maddox's eye.

"It won't all be done at once. The rest of the abnormality will be removed in September," said Dr. Waner.

Following Friday's surgery, Maddox will also have to go back for a second surgery that's booked for September, which will work on the malformation on his cheek.

Dr.Waner explained that procedure could take as many as nine hours to complete.

The first procedure is costly with a $50,000 pricetag. Originally Maddox's parents wrote a letter to the province's out-of-country health services committee hoping for help to pay for the surgery, but the process is timely and the family did not want to wait until the next available date for surgery.

That's when the donation began to pour in. Maddox's story has compelled people from across the country to reach out and donate to the young family. As of Friday afternoon, the family had received $214,000 in donations.

The doctor believes the two-and-a-half-year-old will be up and running around Central Park again by Sunday.

For more on Maddox's story follow Daryl's blog by clicking here. (http://innertube.ctvedmonton.ca/)

[Queen of Poop]

Excellent news! Especially since Alberta doctors told the family that nothing could be done.

[Catty1]

From what I read, Gayle, there are no surgeons in Canada that can do this surgery.

[Catty1]

Here's little Maddox enjoying a hamburger in Central Park. He is apparently off his painkillers.

He's pretty bruised, but the difference is amazing.

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Maddox Flynn was up and moving around outside his room at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York on Tuesday, June 20th, 2010.

Little Maddox released from hospital

Updated: Tue Jul. 20 2010 16:59:08

After undergoing more than four hours of life-changing surgery Monday, two-and-a-half-year-old Maddox Flynn was released from a New York hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Little Maddox was up and moving around early Tuesday outside his room at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York.

Maddox was born with a lymphatic malformation on the left side of his face. Monday marked the second surgery for the youngster. Back in May, Dr. Milton Waner and his surgical team operated on the growth around his left eye. The second surgery involved the removal of a large mass on the lower portion of Maddox's face.

With his mother Nicole, father Mike, Grandma Pat and Grandpa Jeep by his side, the youngster was wheeled into the operating room Monday.

Maddox's father says he is amazed at the resilience of his young son.

"He's doing awesome," Mike Flynn told CTV News. "No complications."

Dr. Waner's team spent nearly an hour using a new technique to map out where the main nerve and the branches of the nerve were located on Maddox's face.

With that part competed, Dr. Waner was able to safely remove all the excess tissue and growth around the nerves.

Maddox and his family will be returning to New York for steroid injections sometime in August. The little guy is then scheduled to return to the Big Apple for what the doctor calls a "touch-up" surgery in October.

Maddox is scheduled to fly home from New York in one week.

With files from CTV's Daryl McIntyre