Another Great appointment.

Yesterday was Katana's MRI which went great. She was put under General Anesthesia which turned out to be more of a blessing than it seemed at the time. Spent Last night at the Ronald McDonald House which was fantastic, spent some time in their downstairs game room unwinding letting the kids play and playing Korey in Air Hockey. It was such a blessing. Got up early this morning and went to see Dr. Igbase. We had another amazing appointment. Her surgery is set for January 31st, first thing in the morning. Since she was put under General Anesthesia yesterday she won't have to go through any pre op testing. So that is why it was more of a blessing then it seemed at the time. Dr. Igbase will have an office day after her surgery so if she has any problems he will be readily available to treat Katana. He is worried that she will have some trouble adjusting to the increase pressure in the right ventricle so he wants to be available if she is needed. He said something today that brought me to tears. He said that while most neurosurgeons won't touch a working shunt as long as the MRI and CT's look ok. He said he isn't treating images on a computer screen he is treating a child. And while her shunt is working it isn't working for her so it need to be changed. This was such a relief for me to finally hear that he wants the same things we do. He wants Katana to feel better. We are so excited with what the next 6 weeks holds for our family. Let the next chapter in our life start.