We signed the consent form for a "posterior fossa craniectomy" this morning. There's a scary list of things that can go wrong, but there aren't a lot of options. This thing is pushing against her brainstem, and that can cause all kinds of problems.
I forget the term right now, but she's on the surgical equivalent of flying standby, so it might be Monday and it might be Tuesday. The head of the Department (Dr. F, not Dr. G --I was tired) will be doing the surgery.
Dr. C recommended Meclizine to try and deal with the nausea. dp was doing that when we thought it was positional vertigo, and it didn't seem to help much, but any help would be good right now. Diana is back to being as miserable as she was yesterday morning. Meclizine is an antihistamine, so if nothing else, it help her to sleep.
Meanwhile, Trooley has been riding to the hospital every day. He sleeps in the car in the parking lot. The hospital does have a way to have pet visits, but it involves three forms and a vet's signature. Vaccinations are to be done within at least a year, but not in the last 14 days, and as CMan mentioned in the comments, Trooley got a rabies shot last week. I'll look into it.
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Googling this, it sounds like a relatively accessible place for a tumor. Of course, this is a social worker talking. Are they talking about performing it in the sitting vs. the prone position?
Kev- Mom and I can be on stand by as well. She has found someone else to work for her tomorrow, and I'm at my office getting some reports done now to free me up. Do you think you might know by this evening? xxoo Katie
And Sam, your Thanksgiving report reads like a David Sedaris book, and that's a good thing! Thanks for sharing!
Just trying to provide a little diversion for the liberals in the group.
I doubt we'll know anything tonight, Katie, but I'll be sure to call you as soon as we do know something. My feeling is that we probably won't hear anything until at least mid-morning, but that's just a guess.
Those were the papers I googled too, Sam. The intern with whom we did the paperwork didn't mention it.
I may have seen the same article-lots of "medicalese" for neurosurgeons, but I got the impression the the sitting position was only used for small children, so I would guess prone.
If they used the term "to follow", it means she'll go tomorrow if they have time when the already scheduled cases are done. That means there may not be alot of notice beforehand, Katie.
Good morning! It's morning and the holiday is over which means the hospital is back up to speed. I'll be driving to Des Moines and back and will check in intermittently to see what transpires. My guess is you're ready for something to HAPPEN. Know you're in our thoughts.
Good morning! It's morning and the holiday is over which means the hospital is back up to speed. I'll be driving to Des Moines and back and will check in intermittently to see what transpires. My guess is you're ready for something to HAPPEN. Know you're in our thoughts.
Guess I hit "enter" twice. Tacky.
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