Update from Abby's Dad

The prayers are working my friends. Now we're taking a step forward. Seriously, a few more of these and she'll be doing the Cha Cha. Here's the scoop. The docs didn't find any pneumonia, she had very few spells thus far today and Mommy got to hold her again for 2 and a half hours. Also, she is scheduled for surgery tomorrow at 7:30AM to put a reservoir in her head which is a good thing. For those of you just checking in Abby has a grade 4 brain hemorrhage on the right side of her brain and a grade 3 on the left. So along with the many possible long term effects this will have on our Abby, the other problem we have now is that the spinal fluid that usually travels between the spine and the brain now gets stuck in her head. If this doesn't correct itself in the long run, Abby will need a shunt, which is a tube that runs from her brain to her abdomen. However right now, Abby is too small for the shunt so the temporary fix in the interim is the reservoir, which is a tube that goes into her little noggin down to where the fluid is (called the ventricle) and stays there. This is much safer than poking her with a needle every few days (AKA tapping her head) which is what the docs have been doing. S o anyway, we're happy about this because Abby seems to do much better when they take some of that fluid out.

Prayers and fasting tomorrow my friends! The prayers are that the surgery goes well and that her brain hemorrhages will not sustain any long-term damage.

One more thing! Please, please continue the well wishes on this site. Even if you've done it before. You have no idea how great it is to read your words.

Our love to all of you.