June 13, 2016
Surgery #4
Going into this surgery no one knew what was going to happen. The Doctor said he had 6 trays full of equipment in the surgery room and he wasn't sure what he was going to do. With her they have to just see how it looks and play it by ear.
The surgery went well and they were able to put the actual VEPTR in! He said that it is bigger equipment but it should last longer so they won't have to replace it as often or as soon as they did with the rod they had put in the first time and will be able to adjust it more times. We stayed over night in the hospital this time because it was a bigger procedure to replace the equipment. She is in a lot more pain than the other ones but doing pretty well.
The Doctor wants to get a Ct Scan so that he can see exactly what is going on with her. He also said that he will take the scan and make a 3D mold so that he can mess around with it to see what would be best for her situation and what to do from here.