1-25-08
Lydia has done very well after her last spinal. We made it through the 6 hrs of post-op boredom. She had a slight headache for a couple of hours, otherwise no problems. The procedure seems to wear her out overall and sleeps a bit better for a couple of nights. Her 4th and 5th(final) spinal will be on Monday and Friday of next week.
Today and the next few days a camera crew is around to film what goes on here and interview some patients and families. I spoke with a reporter from the same crew last evening on the phone, she is interested in interviewing Lydia. We will see how it goes.
Todays exciting news: we did a test of Lydia’s vision today using a flashlight a varying points in the room. At one point she was to walk to where she saw the light and another time was to stand still and point to the light. We determined earlier that she was able to consistently perceive light at approx 6 feet in front of her(last time I tried it was about 1 foot in front). We asked her to locate the light at these varying points around the room and she was able to do so with almost 100% accuracy. The only time she didn’t go to the flashlight was when she went to a source of light coming from under the closed heavy curtains that was a stronger light than the flashlight. This was the first time I have had her point to a light and she had a little trouble with hand-eye coordination but did exceptionally well for the first time! Truly amazing!!!
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