Yesterday after my post during the surgery (which was removed but is now back), 'Blogger' went down for 24 hours! Of all the days for blogger to go down! Sorry for the lack of updates about the surgery.
The surgery went well. Gabe now has a programmable shunt in place. The shunt uses a pressure valve that is currently programmed at 150mm. This is on the high side so that Gabe's normal filter and drainage system remains operable. They will do a CT scan today to monitor the ventricles and make sure they are not draining too rapidly. Gabe looks very different now. His head is smaller and shaped a little differently. In fact, for a while after the surgery, his sutures overlapped a little and created ridges on his skull. Of course, you can also see where the tube is running along his head and body.
Gabe came off the respirator and was extubated at about 9pm last night. He is on a nasal cannula at 1.5 liters per minute. He is eating by mouth again and is slowly building up to his pre-surgery volumes.
Zeke will be coming home tomorrow! He is still not using oxygen but has the occasional desat. So we will bring home oxygen and a monitor.
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