Monday, August 9, 2010

Home again

Jason's surgery went well.
The problem was malfunctioning valve.  Dr. Yaun tested the catheter inserted into Jason's brain and it worked fine, she tested the catheter that drained cerebrospinal fluid into his belly and that worked fine.. so no blockage at all any where.  She then found out that it was the programmable valve that wasn't working.  So she placed a new valve again, this time not the programmable one, but she adjusted the valve pressure to allow just right amount of CFS to drain, hopefully, so that it won't cause subdural hematoma like before and hopefully work fine this time.
We don't know why the valve stopped working but Dr. Yaun and I, all think it was the MRI from July.  The programmable shunt had magnets inside the valve that allow flow adjustment and per Dr. Yaun, this valve is supposed to be MRI compatible (MRI machine is a huge magnet so usually not compatible w/ machines with metals & magnets..) but somehow it seems like the MRI broke the valve...=(
That's why she didn't put the same valve this time, because Jason will get MRI every 3 months to monitor his tumors, and we don't want to risk valve malfunction again.
He did fine after the surgery and we came home on Sunday.
Hopefully, this time, the shunt will last for a long time without any problems or complications.

3 comments:

  1. I am so sorry that Jason had to go through another surgery...I have been visiting regularly and didn't see any new posting so I thought everything was going well...
    Anyway I am so glad that the surgery went well and he is back home. I don’t quite understand all the terminology and hard to follow 100% but I pray that his tumors are getting smaller and his new valve will work well so he doesn’t have to go through all the pain.
    I also pray that he will be able to walk again soon.
    God bless Jason and his family (..)

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  2. I didn't know he had to go back to the hospital for the surgery...poor thing T.T but I'm glad he's back home :D
    You guys are going through so much...don't know what to say now.
    Guess just keep trusting God and let him do the work!!!

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  3. Thank you so much for your prayers and thoughts.. I know, Jason is going through so much.. so much for such a young baby..but I hope he will do fine after this surgery..but can't help feeling a bit edge all the time because of him..sometimes it feels like Jason is a ticking time bomb!!! =)
    but we will stay strong and will get through this.
    Thanks. =)

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