One giant step forward, several small steps back.
Today has been a long and exhausting day. So I will get straight to the facts.
We waited all day for the angiogram. Finally at 4:30 they took her down for the proceedure.
6:00 they came in to say they had found an anurisym. It was in the back left of her brain. It was the last place the doctor looked. It was very small. We were not expecting to hear this, and it was shocking.
We had to sign for them proceed with continuing with the surgery to fix it.
Manny came right out from camp, as we were not really expecting this to take this turn.
They proceeded by placing a coil in to fix the anurisym.
It took less than two hours.
During the proceedure the anurysm started to bleed again, but stopped very fast.
This bleeding has caused the fluid around her brain to be contaminated again. This means that the pain in her neck and back will continue even longer.
She was back up to her room quite fast after the surgery and we were able to get in to see her around 9:00pm. She was awake and her memory was just like it was before she went into surgery. But she was in a great deal of pain. Her neck and back are extremely painful. They have her on pain meds, and she has a heating pad. At this point they do not want to administer morphine, as that can mess with your mind, and it is her mind that they are concerned about, especially tonight when they check on her to see if there are any changes with what is happening in her head. She needs to be able to respond to questions and requests every hour tonight.
Doctor Mocco was pleased with the surgery, and says that these next 12 hours are critical. She had rested alot today, but tonight will be rough on her.
The giant step forward is that they found and fixed the cause of all this. The small steps backwards are that the pain in her neck and back will continue for days, the fluid draining from what we are now calling her brain drain is very dark again, and that will take time again to clear, and because of all this, she is staying in the hospital for at least another 10 days or more.
It has been an emotional day, but we are grateful that the anurisym was found and has been treated. Alyson is a very lucky person tonight. We are all grateful for all the answers to prayer tonight.
Just a couple of other notes. Flowers are not allowed in the ICU unit and she will be there for some time. If you would like to send cards, they will get to her fastest via the camp she was working at and our family is staying at. The address is.
Alyson Umana
C/O The Salvation Army Camp Keystone
6581 S.E. 9th Ave
Starke Florida 32091
All postings you send to me via this webpage, or on my facebook page, I read to her. I do not think she will be on her facebook page for the next couple of days.
Your continued prayers and support mean so much to all of us, and are appreciated more than you will ever know. Continue to pray for healing now.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.
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