Hi everybody! This is Josh. I just wanted to give everybody an update on how Sarah is doing.
Things are going well at the hospital so far today. We arrived at 5:40 a.m. and used the fabulous complimentary valet parking (a little plug for BroMenn, there). She went back for an MRI at 6:35 to get new images of her brain. The doctors are using neuro directional positioning (basically, GPS for the brain) and they needed the most current map of what is going on. This will give them the most precise path and pinpoint accuracy to get to the tumor.
I gave Sarah a kiss as she went back to surgery at 7:49am and anesthesia was started at 7:51. The doctors and nurses told us there is a lot of preparatory work to be done when you are messing with the brain, so the actual insertion of the shunt occurred from 10am to 12pm. This will drain the fluid and pressure that has built up and will allow the doctors to monitor that pressure over the next few days.
At that point they gave us an update and said she is doing great and everything is going well. At noon, they began the longest part of actually removing the tumor. We are looking forward to another update around 2pm.
Once again, we have had amazing support from friends and family. We are blessed to have a few friends that work at the hospital and have stopped by with muffins and to see how things are going. Bill Myers brought over Avanti's Gondolas for us to eat some lunch...which were delicious.
We've had several of you stop by just to see how things are going and to sit and talk. Sarah's sister, Amanda, also came up from near Carlyle to be here when she wakes up.
There have been so many messages and well wishes on Facebook and through texts that I once again stand amazed at all the love and support being shown to Sarah and our family. Thank you so much! I don't think you all will ever fully know just how much this means to us as it's hard to put into words.
We'll be sure to give a new update as we get more information.
Josh
Things are going well at the hospital so far today. We arrived at 5:40 a.m. and used the fabulous complimentary valet parking (a little plug for BroMenn, there). She went back for an MRI at 6:35 to get new images of her brain. The doctors are using neuro directional positioning (basically, GPS for the brain) and they needed the most current map of what is going on. This will give them the most precise path and pinpoint accuracy to get to the tumor.
I gave Sarah a kiss as she went back to surgery at 7:49am and anesthesia was started at 7:51. The doctors and nurses told us there is a lot of preparatory work to be done when you are messing with the brain, so the actual insertion of the shunt occurred from 10am to 12pm. This will drain the fluid and pressure that has built up and will allow the doctors to monitor that pressure over the next few days.
At that point they gave us an update and said she is doing great and everything is going well. At noon, they began the longest part of actually removing the tumor. We are looking forward to another update around 2pm.
Once again, we have had amazing support from friends and family. We are blessed to have a few friends that work at the hospital and have stopped by with muffins and to see how things are going. Bill Myers brought over Avanti's Gondolas for us to eat some lunch...which were delicious.
We've had several of you stop by just to see how things are going and to sit and talk. Sarah's sister, Amanda, also came up from near Carlyle to be here when she wakes up.
There have been so many messages and well wishes on Facebook and through texts that I once again stand amazed at all the love and support being shown to Sarah and our family. Thank you so much! I don't think you all will ever fully know just how much this means to us as it's hard to put into words.
We'll be sure to give a new update as we get more information.
Josh
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