Very groggy but okay...

Hell I'm tired as well...

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Kevin Siminski
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Old stomping grounds

Well she is back in her old ward from the last visit. She is very groggy and in a little more pain compared to her last visit to the neuro-ward. They have a little drain placed under her dura to relieve any fluid that might develop. Nurses are doing a great job as usual!



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Kevin Siminski
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Surgery went well

Just spoke with dr shapiro and they just had to place a small burr hole in her skull to drain the fluid. It wasn't all blood but more of a fluid mix. They sent it off the fluid for a culture to see if there is an active infection. If there is she will have to have a pic line inserted and then we will administer antibotics at home for several weeks.

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Kevin Siminski
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Out of surgery..

Should be hearing from the doctor shortly. She went under around 1130 and they just finished up.

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Kevin Siminski
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Hello members of the jenny fan club

Well the clock is ticking once again. Jenny was just taken back to the OR. Her spirits were high and she was smiling. More updates to come as I get them.



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Kevin Siminski
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Funny Story

Here's a bit of humor for everyone:

After learning from the Wizard that I was going to have to have this hematoma drained, I dared to ask,

"So, is this, like, an outpatient or inpatient procedure?"

To which the Wizard replied, while looking at me over his glasses in a fatherly and definitive manner,

"It's an inpatient procedure."

I then realized my stupidness, because given that he messes with brains and skulls all day long, I doubt that any "procedure" that he performs is outpatient!

A bump in the road

Well, we have hit a small bump in the road.  As previously mentioned, Jenny has been feeling pretty fragile over the last seven days- wind in the ear, pressure buildup, headaches. Ohh.. did I mention puking?  

Yeah, so on Monday we made a trip to the ER around 10pm because she could not keep anything down.  After hearing all of the stuff about Natasha Richardson we decided it would wise to make a trip down to the ER.  They did a head CT and did not find anything conclusive, just a little 'fluid' that they did not seem to be concerned about.  She did make a fresh vegetable juice earlier in the evening with some questionable greens! They did not smell too good... so we thought maybe a touch of food poisoning  might have been the culprit! So they gave her some medicine for the up-chucking and she felt much better and we were back home by 130am!

This morning (April 1) we already had a MRI scheduled plus a meeting with her neurosurgeon. Dr. Shapiro indicated that  in comparing the CT scan from Monday and the MRI from this morning it looked like the fluid buildup had grown.  Guess what that means? Another surgery!  So yes, Jenny is scheduled for another surgery Thursday (tomorrow) morning to drain the hematoma that has formed.  You can see it in the MRI image above.  Dr. Shapiro said that it would take him about 15 minutes to do the procedure but we should plan on about an hour from start to finish.  Unfortunately she will probably be in the hospital again for a day or two.  We asked him if this was normal and he indicated that it was "abnormal" but given the size of the tumor he was not shocked that this happened.  This should help her feel much better!  Anyways, we have to be down at the hospital by 9am with surgery scheduled for 11am.  Of course this setback will delay the proton therapy treatments but hopefully it will help with Jenny's overall well-being.

I will send out an update tomorrow as I find out more.