The doctors have made their rounds and the deliberation is now over. The final decision has been made to proceed with the surgery. Tomorrow afternoon Chloe will have a permanent shunt placed to help her drain the excess fluid from her brain. The external drain has done its job and we have been watching it drain some fluid over the past 24 hours and this has shown the doctors and us that Chloe does need some help in relieving the pressure from inside her brain. This again was not obviously our first choice. We had hoped that the initial surgery would alleviate the pressure and her body would be able to regulate itself but we move forward trusting our team and our decision to help her along. The permanent drain will run from her brain, behind her ear, and into her belly. It will not be seen by the common eye and Chloe will not know the difference.
The new anti-seizure cocktail they recently introduced seems to be working well as we have not seen any seizure activity. It does make her very sleepy though so she has been dreaming for most of the day and night. When she is awake, though, Chloe’s eyes are open and bright. Chloe did have another low grade fever overnight but we are all getting used to that and are keeping her temps under control.
We ask for your positive thoughts and prayers as we prepare Chloe and ourselves for another surgery. Again, we are so overwhelmed by everyone’s support. We have found that not only our closest family and friends have been following our blog and lending support, but there are many of you out there who are friends of friends who have left comments or sent along messages. And though we do not know you, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers and wish you and yours all the best...
With many thanks and love,
Rethier, Michelle, Olivia & Chloe
we will be thinking of chloe during her surgery. all of our prayers are dedicated to her, to you and your family.
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sam, syd and sky
We are thinking about all of you! I know Chloe will make it through with flying colors. She is a strong girl.
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Maria
Good morning and praise the Lord....give thanks and offer the day for God's honor and glory and let His will be done.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, we will ask our prayer warriors worldwide to pray for the successful surgery for the permanent shunt. Do not worry. Jesus will do it for Chloe and will just use the hands of the doctor. Chloe will be back to normal in no time. We knew of a little boy who received the permanent shunt years ago (he had hydrocephalus) and now living a normal life. Nobody even noticed that he has it. Also, ask your mom Bea, to continue using the Holy Tears of Jesus and to place the prayer cloth of Charlene over to Chloe's head. The Holy Tears normally do not have a scent but when your mom received it, she said it smelled heavenly scent of the Blessed Mother. I told her Mama Mary is also with you and with Chloe...she is there always. We will be going to the Holy Place again today and will continue to petition heaven for Chloe's complete healing. God is good! All the time! Keep giving thanks to Him. God bless. We love you.
Roger and Lilia
we continue to pray for chloe and we are hoping for a successful surgery,with our love and prayers, tita ling and tito george.
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