Four weeks...

Yep four weeks with no headaches. I can't believe it. I wasn't sure this was even possible for her. But guess what it is!!! She even woke up a little before seven this morning and still no headache. It used to be she never got up before 9 because it was almost a guarantee she would end up with a headache. Not anymore! I am finally not worried about her getting up for school next year, she can do this. She can finally have the normal life of a five year old. I never realized what a horrible mess a broken valve could make our lives. Granted it could have been so much worse but it was almost four long years of headaches. She was 18 months old when the headaches started. A little over two when they started coming a few times a month. She hasn't been headache free for a month since then. So today is huge for her, the first time in four years she has been without a headache for a month. How I would love to show the other neurosurgeons we saw the difference in her now. They ignored me for years trying to tell me it wasn't shunt. I would love to know what they would say now. How can they say it isn't her shunt when she has went the full month since surgery without a single severe headache. Tonight we will celebrate, cupcakes anyone??