This is Emily's dad getting out a quick update. I see she last posted a week before last week's surgery, of which we were hoping to be the last.
It turned out, after 7 hours, that they were not able to get to the most critical aspects of the surgery and that is to remove the T8 vertebrae and associated ribs and install two permanent titanium posts with screws. Since that was not finished, a second surgery date (today) was planned and potentially anticipated.
So, here we are today and she is now in surgery. We're expecting a long day. I want to share with you the model of Emily's spine. One of the pics are of Emily's friend going through her own ordeal with spina bifida, Chelsea. It has been incredibly helpful with these two having each other.
You will see how malformed the spine is and T8 indicated.
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