10 Day Checkup

RJ went for his 10-day post-op CT and checkup with the neurosurgeon today. Everything looks great, his brain re-expansion is looking wonderful! He originally had some deviation from the mid-line (after surgery), but that has corrected and his brain is decompressing nicely. He also had the staples removed today, which went smoothly and (he said) rather painlessly. I'm glad for that, he's been through enough pain!

After a weekend filled with pacing and repeated entreaties of "I'm Bored," he returned to school Monday, and spent the first part of his day there today also. He also returned to his college course tonight.  Now he gets to play catch-up with his classes, though he says there's not too much he's behind in. Since he has almost all AP classes, I am very glad for that too!

He is remaining on the anti-seizure medicine, and will be able to taper off that at the end of the month. He has more blood tests to be done, another CT, and follow-ups with the Hematology and Neurosurgery doctors the first part of December. Neurosurgery is trying to make the CT and appointment the same day as the Hematology appointment, I hope they can! One day of parking and appointments would be so much easier than 2, for all of us.

Almost forgot, he's being double-checked for Von Willebrand's disease with next month's blood tests, to see if that played a part in the clot. I will also have his CT scans at that time, the doctor told us to just ask for them at Radiology when we asked for a print of his pre-op brain ;)