Day 70 - Brain Surgery == Piece of Cake

Avery made through her third surgery today!  The neurosurgeon was able to successfully put in the shunt this morning after a two hour procedure down in the surgery wing.  Shannon was a bit stressed out to watch Avery get wheeled out, but we're just glad that she made it through this surgery.  This was the big one that needed to work in order for her to have a workable way to keep going strong and be able to come home.  When she came back to our room, she was of course under with anesthesia, but it was nice to see her without the big old lump on her head.  There's still a bump there, but it's now much smaller.  The tubing ended up going behind the right ear, since the doctor decided to place the tube in the right side in case Avery needs any stomach work done.  Hopefully that is not the case, he's just leaving the space available there. Within an hour or two, she was doing pretty well at coming off the medicine and waking up:

We are blessed once again.  What a great girl!  Maybe you can be done with surgeries now, ok?  Ok.   She agreed.

Wren had a nice restful day.  She was quiet most of the day, and was able to get her oxygen down to the mid 50's, which is not bad -- when she's situated on her back, it tends to be a bit worse.