Update on Kristina's health (11/05/2012)

We saw a neurosurgeon in Little Rock this afternoon. He said Kristina's case is pretty unique in his experience, in that the symptoms don't normally get this bad this fast. So there's that.

Rather than jumping straight into surgery, though, we're going to do another spinal tap tomorrow, so we can see if the meds are working or not. If her cerebrospinal fluid pressure's good, he doesn't think a shunt is strictly necessary. If her pressure is too high, though, we'll schedule surgery for later in the week.

I think that's a good tack. Shunts are doodads that happen to be inside your body. Doodads sometimes break. When they break, they require follow-up surgery. That's no fun.

What we'd really like to see tomorrow is low cerebrospinal fluid pressure. That would be an indication that the meds are working.

We'll keep you posted.