Thank you for praying.
Last night, she had a 12 hour two part surgery to remove the anurism. The first part was an attempt which failed. It was trying to get to the anurism through her arteries. They got there, were almost done closing off the inflamation when the right side of her brain shut down. They had to do a second emergency surgery, opening up the right side of her skull to clamp the anurism, remove the 'coils' that had fallen into the arteries of the right side of her brain and try to get the blood flowing again.
She may have some effects from this loss of blood. Her left side could be affected to some degree. Now, she's in recovery from this major procedure. But she made it through and we're so glad! She almost didn't make it through the first surgery. Last night, after the failed first procedure, it looked grim.
She's still in critical but stable condition. Right now, her blood pressure is low which is not a good thing, but it is going up. The pressure in her brain is normal which is very important. Please pray for her bp to go up to 160 and her brain not to swell. She's under general aneasthetic for another day or two to allow the brain to 'sleep' so that it doesn't have to work much therefore reducing the pressure in the brain.
Amazing. I still feel this is all a nightmare. I'm grateful for so many little/huge things. Naps, my family taking care of the children, Tom bringing us lunch as we speak, my wife driving to the hospital last night around midnight when it all looked gray.
I'm trusting God. He walks besides gramma and besides me.
Thank you for praying.
