Thursday, May 10, 2012

Thirty One

It was a busy week and I didn't get a chance to post a picture from the walk and thank everyone for their support. It was a beautiful day and very inspirational to see so many people out for this important cause. I'll post more on that soon.

Carly has been showing signs of shunt failure for awhile now but we were able to put off surgery for almost a week. She was doing pretty well and had a particularly good therapy session on Wednesday but that took a quick turn last night, when she woke up around 2am in a lot of pain. She was hard to settle down for the next four hours and it was clear that the shunt was to blame. We called neurosurgery and surgery was scheduled for 2pm. Dr. Gupta found a clog in the ventricular catheter which he replaced. Carly has had a smooth recovery so far and she got a nice room overlooking the Marin headlands and Golden Gate Bridge which is a nice change from our last few visits. She is resting next to me now as we listen to some music on her travel speakers, and I expect she will be discharged and sent home tomorrow morning.

Love, Brad

4 comments:

The Hunts said...

Hope the recovery is a fast one!

jenny said...

We still like to follow your blog diary. It really helps to know how Carly is doing and what a tough little cookie she is.
It's good that she can recover so quickly from her shunt replacements.

Sending lots of love to all of you from Ann Arbor!

Jen Wagner said...

Much love to you all! Hope Carly is recovering quickly and whole family is home together, enjoying another beautiful day. It was great to see you at the walk. XOXO

Mindy, Drew, Layla and Chloe said...

Sending tons of love to that little sweetheart. I love the image of the lovely view and listening to tunes on Carly's own speakers.
Now here's to a quick recovery and being home on Mother's Day.
Much love to you all!