For all who knew, and those who didn't, my Grandmother had been informed that she had a large brain aneurysm on the left side of her brain. She went in for surgery on Thursday morning of last week. Her surgery went well - it took a little longer than expected due to the hardening of the outer part of the aneurysm. But, overall it was a successful surgery.
She was in ICU until yesterday and came home from Casper today. They could not get her blood pressure stabilized enough to have her in a regular room. She has a large scar but it is in the hairline so it is not very noticeable. (Women are very sensitive to that) Thankfully, yesterday she was able to move to a normal room and today she moved to Life Care Center for transitional care (here in Cheyenne) so they can continue to help her work on her strength and monitor her progress. As soon as she is stable and can use her walker "all" of the time while she is mobile she should be able to go home.
The bad news is that in addition to the one on the left they also found one on the right side of her brain. So they will need to, in approx. 6 weeks, go into the other side of her head and fix that one too. They also have found one in her stomach which will need to be surgically repaired as well. Needless to say, it is extremely hard on her and stressful for everyone else. Please keep her and those around her in your thoughts and prayers to get through this stressful and critical time.
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