Lucy went to surgery around 4pm today.
She had another lumbar drain placed and had a vigorous attempt to close the leak inside her nose where they accessed her brain.
All the doctors felt the procedure went well and were optimistic that it could finally close if we could wait long enough with the drain in.
For now the plan is at least 10 days with the drain.
There is no home version, so we have asked the Name Plate committee to bring us a Silver plate with Lucy's name engraved for her door.
In reality many kids stay in the hospital for far longer and have greater ups and downs with chemo and the like. We are fortunate to have to sit there with a drain in her back and headaches. Maybe since I wrote that here, I will be more likely to remember...
praying, praying -- loving your Lucy, loving her parents, loving her brothers -- and trusting God with the questions and the next ten days. And all the days. jane in Chattanooga
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you are back in the hospital but thankful the procedure went well. Jon and I are praying for you all and will keep checking here for updates.
ReplyDeletePraying for you, Lucy. Henry (3) routinely asks to look at the pictures of you on this blog with your stuffed animals. He's a big fan (of you and of stuffed animals). Love, Beth Ann
ReplyDeleteOf course, have been keeping up with all of you through Kakhi, but good to read here too. Praying that this surgery is the one that takes! Praying for all of you everyday!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Laura
Praying for y'all....
ReplyDeletewe love you and are praying for you miss lucy. love the beairds
ReplyDeleteWe've been praying in general for Lucy for a long time, but just found out about this blog. Now we can pray much more specifically! What a sweet girl! Praying for your whole family.
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