We just got a visit in the waiting room from Dr Rojas, the pediatric rehabilitation doctor at Shirley Ryan who was in the OR with Dr Raskin, the neurosurgeon. She was the one who analyzed the reactions to the nerve stimulation during the surgery to advise him which nerves to cut and who will be overseeing her rehab when we transfer over to Shirley Ryan. She said her portion of the surgery is done. Everything went exactly as expected. Dr Raskin is still working. He will be using tiny screws to reattach the bone they had to remove to access her spinal cord, then they will stitch her back up.
We spent several hours eating and working in the cafe court next door at Prentice Women’s Hospital (where I delivered Elizabeth!), but now we’re back in the Lurie surgery waiting room until they bring us up to Annie in recovery.
Awesome news!!