Hello Friends,
I got a call from Anneke this evening. She did go to work this morning for a few hours & then off to the hospital for the rest of the day. Joey did have another good day, however the doctors have decided that he does still have a spinal fluid leak & have scheduled him for another surgery for tomorrow morning. By my calculations that is the 5th one in less than 4 weeks!! The leak is in the front of his spinal column which is what is causing all the problems, so their plan is to go in through his side so they can get a better look at things this time. Please pray that they are able to get a good view of what’s going on & fix the leak once & for all. Anneke will go to the hospital first thing in the morning and wait at least until they take him in for surgery. The time has not been confirmed yet, but it could be as early as 7am. Thanks again to all of you for your prayer’s & support & also to everyone who has been forwarding these updates as we just don’t have everyone’s contact info on the list.
Thanks again!!
Melody
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took me 2 hours to get to UCLA Med Center this morning. Waited all day only to have Joey's surgery bumped back twice so he is re-scheduled for tomorow(this will be surgery #5). Still leaking spinal fluid from that same awful tear. They will be trying another repair, still some more exploratory stuff since the mri seems to be "inconclusive" whatever that means. It means they still can't figure it out. So while in there tomorrow they will put in a semi permanent shunt (sp?) so that even if the leak doesn't stop he may be able to come home sooner. My mom is leaving Sept 28, my sister (who is a doctor of Physical Therapy) will be coming in from NY on Sept 29 for a week, my brother will be here sometime soon after my sister leaves.
To my mom and dad, Stephanie and Mark, Discovery church, my life group, all the pastors and friends, meal makers, my cursillo firends, St. Francis parishioners, DR buddies...everyone, you know who you are.. words could never express my gratitude for your prayers and support.
love
anneke
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