Our morning began with a phone call from the anesthesiologist. He wanted our consent for surgery. That's how we found out that Joshua was going in for surgery today. When the neurosurgery team did their rounds, they looked at Josh's dressing and found quite a bit of fluid. When they weighed it, it weighed 4 mL. They decided to proceed with surgery. When we arrived, they paged neurosurgery so that they could come and talk to us about what their plan was. Since the CSF was still leaking, they needed to give it another outlet to leave his head. They left the catheter in the right side of his head but put another one directly parallel to it on the left side of his head. Ideally, Joshua's incision should dry up and heal. There should be no leaking CSF from the incision from this point on.
So, I didn't get my wish which was to preserve the rest of his beautiful hair. :( Unfortunately it's not even the last of it either. If they decide to do a shunt, they will be putting it towards the back of his head and will need to shave it YET AGAIN. Thankfully, hair grows back! For now, Joshua has a huge bandaid on his head. He's extremely sleepy with all of the pain meds that they have given him. We're looking forward to seeing a dry dressing soon! We're on the road to healing yet again!
- Kim & Matt
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