Walking Tall

I have been waiting for some good-solid progress before I've reported. Kathy visited Dr. Kureshi two weeks ago for her post surgery check-up. He was extremely happy with the overall appearance of Kathy’s incision. He commented, everything looked great with no signs of redness or infection. Kathy was greatly relieved when he removed the surgery staples.

Kathy’s feet are another story. She has been an absolutely disaster after her Achilles surgery and the effects of her foot nerve damage. Her local physical therapists were just not helpful. Ladonna, Kathy’s sister was extremely helpful. Ladonna posse’s extensive Chiropractic knowledge in these areas and got proper treatment into gear. Ladonna ordered in house treatments, special walking braces and assisted walking. Kathy was much improved in just a few days. Why can’t we get the same level of help from the orthopedic surgeons?

We applied to get her back into Sharp's out-patient therapy for longer term therapy. We feel Sharp is the best option for her long term rehabilitation professional care.

Overall, Kathy’s shunt operation is much improved over the last week. She seems to get fewer headaches and other complications. Unfortunately, some days, she still gets bad headaches which are extremely difficult to manage. With the daily assistance of her visiting parents, things have gone much smoother. WE hope on her next appointment with Dr. Kureshi, he can adjust her shunt to optimize its performance and eliminate the headaches. I will post you up over the next few weeks with new information. To To Lo!

New Shunt Report Card

Were at the one week anniversary date of Kathy’s shunt revision surgery. How is she doing?

The Good:

No earaches
Good appetite
Sometimes light headache
Sleeping OK

The Bad:

Head pain from the incision
Some very strong headaches
Dizzyness
Feels weird at times

Overall, Kathy’s Medtronic Shunt makes a difference. She has lost some painful side effects but regained new ones. It’s also confusing if the surgery incision is producing referred pain or is it her ventricles. Were visiting Dr. Kureshi this week and he plans to remove her surgery staples. (They are absolutely a major pain) This week we hope things just even out. Wish us luck!