Jack's shunt failed after flawlessly working for almost 10 years. Saturday, we went to the Driscoll emergency room b/c the doctor we saw Friday about his debilitating and excruciating headache (not his pediatrician, but another in his practice) wasn't concerned and prescribed Phenegren (sp?) so he could (and I quote!) "sleep it off." Dr. Burke was called to return from San Antonio, his mother in-tow, and did the surgery to fix it. (Having his mother observe would surely ensure that our favorite neurosurgeon did his absolute best, right?)
Dr. Burke did a third ventriculostomy. If it works, Jackson will leave the hospital without his shunt. It will be several more days before we know for sure that the procedure worked. He had a tough morning today, but the rest of the day went much better.
Thanks for all the prayers, texts, visits, calls, emails, and FB messages.
*Jackson has hydrocephalus. He has had shunt since January, 2000. To learn more about it, click my previous post, Hydrocephalus.
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