I'm not sure what triggered the following chain of events.
But I must have been glitching in some significant way because my watchful sister called me in, and my marching orders were to turn myself in to the ER. After some imaging the hypothesis was that my shunt was clogged, so ambulance ride to Iowa City, for another brain surgery. to resolve the clog.
Thanks dad for doing the research and telling me what it's called Third ventriculostomy. Before this procedure I was having terrible headaches now I barely have a mild daily headache.
I started out in my own room in the neurosurgery ICU but then I was moved to a lesser floor where I acquired a roommate My roommate was an ancient woman named Lucy. Patients like Lucy and I are labeled fall risk and are not allowed to get out of bed without assistance, this makes timing bathroom trips very tricky.And Lucy provided some entertainment one night. Poor thing needed help with something but either couldn't find or couldn't operate her call light. So she started throwing items from her tray table toward the door. This included various cutlery from her dinner tray. i used my call light to summon some assistance for lucy. THe nurses were suprised by the litter in our room.
But I suspect that help arrived too late for Lucy because soon I could smell the cause of her crisis.
I don't know the timeline but after being in the hospital for a relatively short amount of time I was discharged to Acute Rehab in my hometown.
Needless to say I would have completely missed the Thanksgiving holiday if not for my bff Rose visiting from Massachusetts and hanging out with me in Acute Rehab. and playing Rumicube with me. Thanks Rose, you're the best!!!!and thank you also for the new bluetooth speaker.
The first thing I did when I got home was to use the bathroom without first asking permission and without being watched. It was glorious. Simple things.
