11/28/2009 - 12/5/2009 Nana Nation 2009 - The Nana's Ride the Seas Again #2

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Okay so we are back from the doctor...thank you everyone for your prayers

We actually ended up seeing a different doctor then we were suspose too but Glen actually read about the doctor we did end up seeing online...he had done some pretty big cases and has a very good name for himself. The good news is the cyst is the most common kind they see on the brain and is located in the best place. It is however very rare for these type of cyst to rupture...he has only seen three other cases in his long career. He is actually writing a paper on those cases now. He figures it ruptured when I brought her to the ER in May. That makes me very upset since the doctor in the ER at the time basically asked her a whole bunch of questions about her home life and life at school...told me that it was nothing to worry about...kids get headaches all the time and sent us home Anyway everything does happen for a reason and I truely believe that...if she would have had a CT scan that day she would have gotten emergancy surgery to remove the fluid from the brain...by some mircle her body over a 2 month period drained the extra fluid on it's own and repaired itself...this is a blessing and I got the impression that this is a really big deal. The cyst however is still there and we have have to have more testing done to see how we can prevent it from rupturing in the future...I have no idea why it ruptured in the first place...she never had any type of head injury which is what caused cyst to ruputure in the other cases. We have a MRI schedule for tomorrow and a EEG in two weeks...

Jaimie,
looks like it really was a good day for her. after you get the test results back you should have a plan of action
I am thankful her tests are the painless kind. I have had those before and there is NO pain involved.
Please keep us posted.
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Morning Nana 9er's!

Looks like we finally made it to thread #2!

Jaime, glad things went well at the doctors!

Ummm, Kathy has 79 to my 28 huh? And she's been posting how many months longer then me??

Good thing I've got over a year to catch up!

A year to catch up, I don't think so, more like a lifetime mister

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Greg , great pictures.

The kids play house looks larger than my first house
WOW, I would have loved something like that when I was a kid.
Looks like they have more room than my RV?

Maybe I should ask your kids how much to rent to for awhile? my pups would love all those kids and a large yard to play in


Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Ok gang, the 08 people are almost done with page 4 already

we cant let them get too far ahead or we wont get to the next thread when they do.

post, post and post again.
Pictures are always welcome!!
kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I am not even thinking about the top fo the page right now, just want to catch us up a bit. I will get some photos soon,
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Looks like I am talking to myself again

Oh well, at least I win the fight then


Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Love that captain

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

tropical flower from CC

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

another tropical flower from CC

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

well thats one more for me and for the ladies
I told you Greg, a year isnt enough to catch up with me


Kathy

 

[Jaime]

Cool Picture...you know I never saw him on the cruise...

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Its a good day today!!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Cool Picture...you know I never saw him on the cruise...

Did you ride the tram or walk to the beach?

You have to walk in to see him. He is off to the left in the sand so when you have your photo taken with him the Flying Dutchman is behind you, it is a really cool picture.
He is out for 30 minutes twice and is listed in the Navigator.
He lines up fast , but it moves quickly.

also on pirate night he is out once for early and once for late diners by the WD theater for photos. we had to miss dessert to get there 15 minutes early but boy I was glad we did the line got long really fast.
But it moved really fast.

kathy

 

[Jaime]

Jaimie,
looks like it really was a good day for her. after you get the test results back you should have a plan of action
I am thankful her tests are the painless kind. I have had those before and there is NO pain involved.
Please keep us posted.
Kathy

I'm glad it's painless too...and no needles involved which is a big bonus for her...she hates needles so much! Alicia has been great with the whole doctor thing too which is a big help...didn't know how she would take Kierra getting all these test done...she gets very worried about her big sister...

The doctor mentioned putting in a shunt?? to help it continously drain...but the test will tell us for sure...

 

[Jaime]

oops...double post...

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

a shot of the ship

Kathy

 

[Jaime]

a shot of the ship

Kathy

Cool picture...I wish I was there right now! Where is everyone in the picture???

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I'm glad it's painless too...and no needles involved which is a big bonus for her...she hates needles so much! Alicia has been great with the whole doctor thing too which is a big help...didn't know how she would take Kierra getting all these test done...she gets very worried about her big sister...

The doctor mentioned putting in a shunt?? to help it continously drain...but the test will tell us for sure...

Shunts are very common now days. I know someone who had one put in for drainage, worked great. That did have some discomfort like any surgery has, but there are medicines to help. My oldest had something similar when her appendex burst on her. She was just going into the surgery room when it started to go so some poison got into her system so she had to drain poison for 14 days in the hospital with a drainage tube out of her lower stomach.

same idea as a shunt, just different part of the body, but it worked and saved her life.

Kathy