Surgery Plan

So we have a plan (or plans) in place.  Either way Stephanie will be having surgery at the end of July. 

Once again we are going to try to get Stephanie's intracranial pressure down by significantly increasing her Diamox medication and putting her on a second round of steroids until July 18th.  On that day, the neurologist will do another lumbar puncture to check her opening pressure.  If the pressure is reasonable (the surgeon wants it to be under 20 cm H2O), Stephanie will undergo the Corpus Callosotomy that we are hoping for.  If her pressure is still too high, she will be receiving a VP Shunt, which should hopefully decrease her pressure over time so that she may be eligible for the corpus callosotomy in the future.

Only time will tell how this plays out but for now at least we can expect some type of surgery by the end of July.  One step closer to getting some much needed relief for Stephanie, both from her seizures and her increased pressure.

Wish her luck!!!