I am going to write this "fire hydrant style" as my brother (Wesley) calls the rambling that will likely not be edited before I hit that Publish button, because y'all, I've got to be quick. I'm on my way to visit my sister, who is already waking up in recovery as we speak.
Her surgery went as well as it could have. They removed a small piece of bone and put in a mesh to allow her brain the room it needs to swell and heal if necessary. She is responsive with cognitive tests. They removed the bleeding clot and immediately alleviated pressure from the brain swelling.
She will still have a rough road ahead.
Because of this complication she isn't able to get the blood thinning drug therapy to help the clotting in both of her nerves in her brain until she is more fully recovered from surgery. Right now, her clotting is considered mild, but without help could move to severe quickly, leading to more invasive measures to get the clots gone, or another trip to brain surgery to stop another bleed elsewhere. We aren't sure if she can be on the chemo/arsenic treatment yet, so there's the concern that the leukemia isn't being fought at this time. So please, keep sharing the link to the sites, and keep praying. We have a strong team of doctors here and a strong ARMY of people praying together.
BUT SHE MADE IT THROUGH BRAIN SURGERY Y'ALL!!!
God is SO so good! THANK HIM!
Now I'm going to go listen to my baby sister tell me good afternoon. I can't imagine too many things better than that.
~The Big Sister
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