Good evening family and friends,
Unfortunately, this blog comes with some not-so-happy news.
I received a phone call this morning from Pat's doctors stating they were going to perform an emergency operation today as a result of a vasospasm she suffered (a link has been provided on information about a vasospasm).
Basically, because of the amount of bleeding from the aneurysm, Pat's brain has a lot of swelling and some arteries are in jeopardy of clotting. This is a concern for the doctors because this could result in a stroke. Currently, they are concerned about the right region of her brain - which affects her left side motor skills - and performed the procedure today to prevent damage to those arteries.
The doctor just informed me that the procedure went well and there were no complications. They are continuing to monitor her (after an aneurysm like Pat suffered, much of the following weeks is a waiting game where they monitor the patient for no additional events).
I will be going to visit her tomorrow, so I will have another update posted by tomorrow evening.
Please continue to keep her in your prayers.
Thank you!
About Cerebral Vasospams:
http://www.brain-aneurysm.com/cerebral_vasospasm.html#treated
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18709660
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_vasospasm
How is Pat?
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