Steve says the gamma knife was very anti-climatic. There was no sound, no visuals. Totally painless. All he did was lie there until they let him out. They repositioned him once.
Afterwards, shortly after he returned to our prep room, they went to remove his halo. We were sent out of the room because most families don't do well seeing blood. However, Steve is a bit special. The nurse told us, as they removed one of the screws, blood spurt across the room. Steve said they got serious very quickly. By the time we saw him, he had this gorgeous compression bandage on his head. He had to wait for an hour before they let him leave. We were finished at 1:15, a little earlier than expected. Steve took 1 Keppra pill, for seizure prevention, 1 steroid, to help with swelling and then Tylenol for headache.
Then we went out for lunch :)
 |
| At Bob's Big Boy. Steve still has his appetite. It's funny nobody looked twice at this man walking around with a bandage on his head. |
 |
| Hi everyone! |
Hey mama! I loved being able to follow what was going on down in Southern California while sitting at my computer. That way I could phone you a bit less for updates. ;) Though really, I'm probably going to call in a bit anyways. :) I'm so, so happy that it went well and I hope we continue to get wonderful, positive, no-scary-tumor updates! Love to everyone!
ReplyDelete