Today mom had surgery to implant an Ommaya reservoir. An Ommaya reservoir is a device implanted under the scalp that is used to deliver anticancer drugs to the cerebrospinal fluid. Dr. Glantz wants to be able to easily treat mom’s spinal fluid in order to reduce the risk of the Glioma appearing on her spine. This device will make this possible without added surgeries.
The surgery and the pain medications afterwards left mom mostly out of it today. She also had her stitches removed. This will help her to sleep better. They really bothered her and made it uncomfortable to lay on her back.
We are researching treatments and studies and survival statistics and stories related to GBM. There is so much information out there – some positive but mostly discouraging. I do not want to use this blog to repeat or interpret the myriad of information that is available. It is important that you know that this cancer is vicious and has claimed many lives. However, there are examples of people who have beaten it. So, if you find any information that would be useful in helping us to fight this, please send it to pray4liz@hotmail.com. We can use all of the help we can get. There are many, many treatment options.
Mom comes home from the hospital tomorrow. What a happy day that will be.
The Christensens
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