Wednesday, October 16, 2013

A bump in the road

Last night as we were giving Emma a bath we noticed some bulging and swelling at the bottom of her incision.  We took some pictures and emailed them to her neurosurgeon this morning.  This afternoon a phone call confirmed what we didn't want to hear...she's leaking spinal fluid and it is pooling at the bottom of her spine.  So now she's on a medication to slow the circulation of the fluid.  It may be that the slowing of the fluid will allow her body to close the hole on its own.  If after a week on this medication, the swelling is just as bad or worse, we go back to the doctor and it likely means he needs to go back in and patch it up.  ie, another surgery.  Please be praying this week.

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