Looking Up!

Today Bill had his first check up with the neurosurgeon (Dr. Larson) since the shunt was put in on February 16th. Everything is looking good. Bill is getting stronger each day and no longer shuffles! He has been going to the pool to do water therapy to build his muscles back up whenever the weather is nice....California weather has not been so hot lately. Here is a pic from last week when Bill was in the pool


A month after the shunt was put in Bill went to Florida for a few weeks with my mom and the Smiths for a little vacay...first in over a year and much needed! Bill was able to keep up the whole time and even stayed up past midnight a few nights :) We definitely think that walking around and being out and about helped him get stronger. Glad that they were able to have a great time and enjoy themselves. They were even able to celebrate Maranda and the Gators win the SEC womens gymnastics championship!


As of right now, we are waiting on an appointment with the eye doctor to schedule a time for his eye surgery. Dr. Larson reccommended to have it done. He didn't go into detail what it entails but they will have to have one to open the lid and another to straighten the eye. It's not some crazy operation that will be aired on Discovery Health or anything...kinda think his first one should have been though...

Kind of a random side story that we discovered the other night while eating dinner. Bill had blown his nose and noticed something hard and white had come out of his nose.(pretty much lost my appetite at this point...Tere had made a really good dinner too). At first he thought it just was a super hard booger but then we looked at it closer and it looked like some plastic part of something. We decided to keep it to ask Dr. Larson about it...and it turns out it was bracket thingy they used for his second surgery that your body is supposed to absorb after a few weeks of the surgery but apparently this time it didn't. Dr. Larson said that as long as a wrench doesn't come fling out next time then we're all good.

All and all it was a great check up appointment and at this point the shunt is doing its job. Sometimes proteins or other fluids in the body can block the shunt and cause problems with the drainage amount but as of right now things are looking swell. Dr. Larson was surprised on how good Bill looked and how much of an improvement he has made post-shunt.

Sorry for the delay on the postings but someones gotta bring home the bacon :) We are all doing great and are soooo glad the hard part is long gone! I will post some good video footage this week to make up for it.