Hi all,
Tomorrow is the day. Natalia will go into surgery to insert her shunt at 10:30am...of course we have to be there by 8:30am. Thank God! Dr Auguste will preform the surgery. We met with him today and he explained that unlike a normal brain that floats in its moving stream of water, Natalia's has clogged up and now her brain is becoming saturated, along with the added pressure. This is part of what is causing her problems right now. The surgery should take approx 2 hours and she will have 2 incisions, one on her head and the other at her tummy. We can't wait, it said if all goes well she will begin to fell the effects within a few hours.
The shunt itself will be programable. They are going to start with a generic "normal brain" setting but if she needs to have more fluid come out they can adjust the shunt valve with magnets. The tubing will run from the shunt to behind the ear and down to her tummy just under the skin...once again Thank God...does everyone remember how fun the feeding tubes were for us. I had visions of it being outside and looping down so she would be pulling it out of her brain...the nightmares we think about.
She is looking forward to having it done...not only to feel better but because she gets cool shaped bandage dressing and the beds move up and down.
Love to you all,
Roni
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Hey Roni,
I didn't see until today that Natalia was having surgery. Hope everything went ok and she is feeling better already. I think of you guys often. Love!
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