Post-op

4/18/12
God is amazing! Bella is up tonight and eating saltine crackers and chicken noodle soup. Our baby girl has been through so much in the past 13 days! We thank God, Dr. Loudon, P.A: Albert and all of the doctors, nurses, assistants and prayer warriors who helped make Bella's surgery a success! Dr. Loudon and Dr. Albert came to visit us in PICU tonight and gave such great news. To everyones surprise, There was no tumor to biopsy! We are sooooo excited and thankful! There was a new finding that was resected for biopsy which was quite a surprise to all in the OR. When she was opened up it looked like snow had sprinkled her brain. Dr. Loudon scraped off about 30 pieces of "snow". (there was so much more). It appears that the snow could be calcium deposits. We aren't sure why its there and what is causing it. This is being sent to the Mayo clinic and we hope to receive the results in a week.

Some additional information about Bella and the surgery is when Bella opened her eyes in recovery, her good eye was obviously affected from the surgery. Her lid only opens maybe halfway and the pupil is extremely dilated. When we hold fingers up. She can see but she doesn't appear to have much muscle control of this eye. Today her eyes were not moving together. Of course we are hoping and praying this is temporary. Time will tell. We ask if you could continue to keep us in your prayers for Bella's recovery of her brain biopsy as well as her eyes! As additional information comes forth, we will continue to update you all. On Wednesday we will probably limit her visitors. If you are interested in visiting, please FB message me or text me. We want to see how she is feeling but most importantly, she needs the rest to recover. Blessings to you all!