Bethel was nervous and scared this morning. We arrived at the Neurosurgery Check-in at 5:10 am and she was prepped and ready for the OR by 7:15 am. Her fear made it more difficult for me to say "bye" to her. Some how she was still able to make a joke...how this would be a better timed procedure if it had taken place prior to Halloween.
She has heavy bruising from all of the IV lines from last week, so they will try sticking her on the opposite side today. Her anesthesiology is increasing her anti-nausea medications for this procedure to help prevent adverse effects of anesthesia. I'll continue to update throughout the day. Thanks for everyone's prayers and thoughts.
UPDATE:
1:20 pm Dr. Steinberg came out with great news. The second surgery went just as well as the first. Her baseline cerebral flow on the left was 9 ml/min and is now 35 ml/min.
So glad this one went just as well as the first!!Hoping for less nausea this time around for her.
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