UPDATE 6/3

Well it took 38 days but I finally was able to get Michele’s shunt adjusted. We took another ambulance ride this morning at 8am to the Brain and Spinal Center. John John was able to ride with his Mother in the ambulance and actually watch the nurse and myself assisting to make the adjustment. The Doctor was not even in the room. It was a five minute procedure taking a probe that lays on her back were the shunt is and a computer makes the adjustment under the skin. It is a magnetized dial that is lifted by the probe then turned to the predetermined setting. We had to run the program 4 times to get it right but after 5 minutes we had it done. We took her from an 80 setting to a 120 setting. This is a big jump and may even make her head swell again. We will watch her closely over the next week to see any visual signs of swelling and if she does we will simply make an adjustment down to account for it. The verdict is not out yet if this will work as I have stated many times to the Doctors however Tana visited her Mother today at 3pm and she was alert, tracking with her eyes and squeezed Tana’s hand. This has not occurred since we left Miami and I hope this is a sign of continued progress over the next week. Michele is scheduled for two CT Scans next Thursday, one to check on the fluid in her Brain and the other to measure her for her prosthetic bone plate. The plan is to have the bone plate manufactured in about two weeks then an MRI and MRA to check her brain to make sure she can handle the last surgery. If all is good she should be able to have her bone plate put back in by the end of the month. We are now rushing this process as it will help her maintain her CSF fluid easier and should increase her recovery time. There is a 4% chance that her body will not accept it and could cause infections. Although I do not want to take any chances this is a small risk and I feel that not doing the procedure has more risk associated to her recovery. I do expect to see improvements daily and if I do I will be emailing out the daily progress. I have started the process to bring Michele home. I will be making our dinning room in to a hospital room fully stocked with a hospital bed, oxygen, IV, monitors for vitals, hospital chair, body lift and many more Im not aware of yet. The hospital will train the family to take care of Michele and I will have a full time nurse availably at the house. My goal is to have Michele home for her birthday on July 8th and if all goes well that will be right after her surgery.

I continue to do everything I can to bring her back “Day by Day”

John