Thank God that Tretter's MRI report per Dr. M. this afternoon shows no Chiari Malformation. We are so, so thankful. Dr. M. also made us feel a lot better about the severity of the surgery. e confirmed that Whitaker needs "fixed" but likened the risk to any other general anesthesia surgery. He also reiterated what we thought we had read in that once a Chiari is fixed it is fixed for good, with no chance of relapse. This is sort of best-case-scenario brain surgery, if we can go there. I can totally go there.
We had a couple of questions that he said he needed to defer to the pediatric neurosurgeon and he agreed to have Tretter's images sent up to Dr. "Wilson" in Louisville just for another professional opinion. His opinion was that Whitaker just got the short end of the stick. We asked him about time off school and he said 10-year-olds bounce back pretty quickly. Nothing else too specific, but still a very positive appointment!
Even though Tretter's symptoms still exist, we would much rather live with symptoms and no diagnosis than face another Chiari surgery!!
Thank God that our prayers have been answered and that we are on the road to more clarity about everything. Thanks also to everyone for their support!!
I will keep updating as soon as anything comes up. Lite Ranch dressing tastes like crap.
lyons out
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