Sept 25th Brianna had major brain surgery to remove the right hemisphere of her brain. It took 12 hours. This was an attempt to stop her seizures which had become more damaging and life threatening. We have been hospitalized for 57 days and have had 6 surgeries. 2 weeks after the surgery she couldn't handle the pressure, developed hydrocephalus and needed a lumbar (spinal) shunt placed. That created a vaccum of sorts and cause a herniated brain stem. After a second emergency brain surgery, she had a permanent shunt placed in the brain to remove extra fluid. Then, just 2 weeks ago she developed strep throat that almost put her back into the ICU. They were able to contain it finally, and she is recovering very nicely. She has no movement on her left side, but that is the only lasting effect from all the surgeries and the illness. You can read daily updates on the hospitalization at www.carepages.com, BREEZYMAE.