Therapy

This was before surgery yesterday, i swear Therapy helped (both gifts, Wii & pet therapy). When Emma woke up she started to whine and whimper, that the pins in her head hurt, she didn't want to be there, she wanted to go home (not that i blame her) she opened a package from the Peterson family and that made her smile a bit, then the child life specialist came in and talked to her. Once she brought the Wii in she was all smiles and having fun, she was so excited to show it to Rex. I almost went and got him early from his last day of school. Those two have a special friendship, they are definitely kindred spirits. Then Lady came in, she loved to sit and pet her. Then she went in to surgery, at about noon. Surgery took about 3 1/2 hours Emma did well in surgery. The doctor was happy to see how much pressure was taken off her brainstem when they decompressed her Chiari. This is a good sign that the fluid syrinx in her spinal column will drain by it's self. He wasn't as happy with her skull, he had a hard time anchoring the screws. He described her skull bone like egg shells in some places. They had originally planned on anchoring it to her c-1 vertebra, but it was very thin, so they had to fuse her c-2 & c-3. So those are the high and lows of surgery. She had a good night and day today. Mostly out of it and sleeping, it should be about the same tomorrow. Our biggest risk right now is a spinal fluid leak. The best part is we snagged the Wii machine for the weekend!