Update from Paul: July 25th
Hello everyone,I tried to go through my e-mails from last year to get some of the more significant ones to send everyone some of the latest information regarding Karen. If you know someone who might be interested to know that I didn’t’ send this message to, please feel free to forward it to them.
Karen has had what we hope will be a minor setback, and will be corrected successfully with the procedure she is going in for on Friday morning. She has been plagued recently with some rather nagging and persistent headaches. Her neurosurgeon suggested another scan just to be sure. As a result of that scan, it appears that the shunt that was put in Karen’s head shortly after her birthday party last year is no longer working properly, and causing excess accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of her brain. They are going to have to go in to find out why, and are likely going to have to replace it with another one.
They are saying she will be in the hospital for two nights, assuming everything goes as planned.
I know she would be thrilled to hear from all of you, so if you could send her a card, or give her a call sometime, that would be great. I should know by Friday evening what room she is going to be in at Mt. Vernon Hospital, so shoot me an e-mail or give me a call and I will be happy to pass it on. If you send a card, just send it to her home, and her dad or I will make sure she gets it.
She has been really working hard to get back to a somewhat normal life, and I am amazed at not only her progress to this point, but how she continues to stay so positive all the time. I don’t know how the hell she does it. I do know that she is a bit nervous and scared about this procedure, but as usual, she is being a real trooper about it.
That’s all for now, I’ll keep you posted.
Paul
posted by Karen's Blog @ Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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