My mom is in the hospital. They thought they were just removing a lymph node and they ended up finding a cyst wrapped around the shunt in her neck. The shunt is in because of an aneurysm she had 20yrs ago. They needed to temporarly drain fluid off her brain until they could fix the leak and just left the shunt in. They need to make sure the infection didn't get into her body, they are worried about meningitis. I will try to keep you updated as much as possible. Thank you everyone for your prays.
Elite 2777 In my bunk with new shoes and purple sweats.
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Jeff, prayers of healing for your Mom and prayers of comfort to you and your family. Christmas is a special time and you know that we are all giving you and your family our best. Take care, take care of your Mom and God bless your family.
I hope she gets better soon!! That's good for your mom, you, and the rest of your family that you are able to be home while she's going through this. Keep us updated, and hang in there!
Thank you everyone for your well wishes and positive vibes. Update is she had another CT scan this morning and they don't see any fluid collecting on the brain, which is very good. They are going to check the cultures of the cyst and shunt to see what was growing on them, but they believe it is just calcium deposits. She is still on antiboitics and they are making her sick because she won't eat. They plan on doing another CT scan tomorrow to recheck for fluid and probably another one on Sat morning. Hopefully she will be out by Sat/Sun.
Update: They took her off all the antiboitics because the cultures didn't show any infection. The CT scan looked clean and both doctors released her and we are picking her up shortly. Thank you everyone!
parrj - 2006-12-22 9:20 AM Update: They took her off all the antiboitics because the cultures didn't show any infection. The CT scan looked clean and both doctors released her and we are picking her up shortly. Thank you everyone!
Update: They took her off all the antiboitics because the cultures didn't show any infection. The CT scan looked clean and both doctors released her and we are picking her up shortly. Thank you everyone!
That is so great to hear. What a wonderful Christmas present.