Dr. R came up about 5:30, I think. Everything went as planned, and the big bump on the back of her head is gone already.
They took dp back down for another CT and chest x-ray to make sure the tube started and ended where it was supposed to, and then brought her back to 6JCEast, just one door down from where we got discharged.
Diana is still kind of out of it, but she looks and sounds a whole lot better than she did after the last surgery. With her scalp covered with betadyne and little magic marker lines, she kind of looks like Queequeg (I'm not telling -- if you don't know, look it up). She's already pretty alert, and we're looking through the 'clear liquid diet' menu (I'm guessing Italian ices again).
Anyway, so far, so good. Katie headed home when we heard that dp was out of surgery. I haven't looked at this trip's care package yet, but I did see a pineapple. (Katie mentioned that there was no rum..)
I'll blog again tomorrow morning.
dp says thanks to Katie and Seth.
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Hope there aren't any white whales in the vicinity.
Donnamarie did say the results of the shunt would be immediate....
See, I told you you shunt worry!
Okay, I've been sitting on that one and now I can let it out. Thanks for the update, Kev.
I was honored to be there and be the human safety pin. dp can explain that sometime. Sam and Seth...your job...provide the rum.xx00 Katie
Just an aside -- DP looked at my maroon T-shirt, and joked "why aren't you wearing green", referring to St Patrick's Day. She looked weak (probably still very groggy from the anesthetic), and was REALLY thirsty, but could joke and do all the right neuro stuff (push up with feet, follow finger with eyes, etc.)
We could do cranium man up with a bit of betadine and magic marker. He has a much larger canvas to work with than DP, and would make a much more imposing Queequeg. (Shunt jokes indeed!)
Kevin would not even let me touch the bag the pineapple was in, much less the pineapple itself. Good thing too, as I just LOVE pineapple.
Kevin won't let me touch his pineapple either. Conservative childhood, I hear.
Perhaps you two need to follow Katie's instructions and show up with the rum!
Hey what is the word today? How is she feeling?
And yes...conservative childhood, but he's overcome it well.
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