Decompression surgery

In my last post I forgot to explain what the decompression surgery is for those of you who do not know. They will go in and take some bone off her first 3 to 4 vertebrae to give her brainstem more room to expand. The Chiarii malformation causes her brainstem to be pulled into her spine so this surgery hopes to give it more room to expand so the spinal fluids can flow better and there is not so much pressure pulling her brain down. They could damage more nerves and that would affect her arms and hands but they said it is rare to have more damage. It can also cause her spine to be more easily injured since some of the bones will be missing. Recovery time should do fairly quickly since she is so small and does not have much muscle to cut into. Well, off to the hospital to see Autumn before surgery.