[real-eyes] Re: Steve
- From: "Erika Wolf" <erika.wolf@xxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:28:49 -0500
Ruthie:
I just got your note concerning Steve's fall and recent follow-up surgical
procedures.
I am terribly sorry to hear this news and am deeply concerned about Steve
having leaked fluid from his brain cap. Is he ok, now? Please keep us
up-to-date on Steve's progress.
All my best,
Erika
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Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:26 PM
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Subject: [real-eyes] Steve
Hi. There are a few of you that know this already, so feel free to delete,
but for the rest...Steve is in the hospital and is having surgery in the
morning.
Two weeks ago he fell down our stairs and broke a piece of hardware he had
in his head from when he had cancer...it's (or it was) a cap on the outside
of the skull with a catheter going into the brain, and when he fell, he
broke the catheter part away from the top that sat outside his skull. A
week and a half ago they slid the broken top part out an incision in his
head...it had slid down the side of his head...and sealed the hole in his
skull. Last Sunday he started leaking brain fluid out the incision and we
took him to the neurosurgery clinic and they sealed the incision with
surgical glue. Well instead of leaking out, over the next two days, it
collected under his scalp. We took him to the ER Thursday evening and they
drew the fluid out and sent it to the lab. He had developed an infection in
the fluid, so they have him on IV antibiotics and are going to remove the
catheter part of the broken thing in the morning.
He's out at KU and we're not sure when he's coming home yet, but when he
does he'll be on IV antibiotics for two-three weeks. I'll write when I get
home tomorrow and let everyone know how surgery went.
Ruthie &
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