Surgery Day

Freya's neurosurgery is now complete.  She was wheeled into surgery after she was anaesthetised for an MRI scan at 8.00am.  Due to the constant seizure twitch in her left ankle and leg it was important that the scans be done while she was under anaesthetic to ensure the scans were not distorted by any movement (seizures activity stops under GA). At 8.00pm, almost 12 hours after the commencement of surgery, Wirginia Maixner saw us to report that the surgery had gone very smoothly with no complications. 

Freya returned to her hospital room at around 9.30pm and is still unconscious. The nurses will attempt to rouse her every half hour and she will probably have a CT scan in the middle of the night to check for blood clots.  Anthony is doing the night shift, so not much sleep for him!

Despite being very pale and her face beginning to swell, both Anthony and I think Freya looks serenely beautiful.  It is the first time in 3 years that her body has been still without the constant twitching in her left leg.
It is almost unfathomable to believe that the daily seizures that she has lived with for almost half her life are now over.