Aysha had her appointment with the neuro-opthamologist. They stated that she did have some damage to her optic nerve. But apparently its still functioning well enough that her vision has not degraded much at all. The issues she is having is not able to look at higher areas in her line of vision without tilting her head up. Hopefully this improves with time. There are other problems but thats the main one right now.
On 7/8/09 she will have the arteriogram at 23o PM in Childrens Hospital in Chicago. She is supposed to be fully sedated for the procedure. And possible hospital stay after that.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Aysha - 7/01/09
We received a call from the nuerosurgeon today. Dr. Alden talked to his colleagues. He mentioned there is another possibility now, open surgery to totally remove the AVM is an option now. He stated the gamma knife(radio surgery) is effective maybe up to 80% after a 3 year period, after that another session may be needed. But of course, chances of re-bleeding are still there in the meantime, as it is now. So, MRI/angiogram/ct scans are being scheduled for the next few weeks. And choices to make thereafter on the path to take.
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