Surgery is over

Kyle and Cindy spoke with Dr. Heffez before the surgery this morning and his plan was to put in a VP shunt in her brain, but if that didn't look like it was going to work, he was going to abort that procedure and put a shunt in her back.

Kyle called about an hour ago and said he put in the VP shunt in her brain and was very incouraged. He was able to position it better than the other one that she still has and it was still flowing well when he closed her up. She will have another CT scan tonite to make sure that it has stayed in the same position. When the fluid drains down there is a chance that it would move. He also wants to keep her in the hospital a little longer to make sure all is well. She should feel relief right away except for the pain where they inserted the new shunt in the left side of her skull.

This ordeal has been such a difficult one for Cindy, Kyle and our families. Cindy's faith has grown stronger, but there have also been so many discouraging times. We have talked much, prayed together and read the Bible together and shed many tears together, and through this all I think the faith of all of us has grown.

But we are also going to be cautiously optimisitic. We know all is in God's plan and he has a plan for each of us although we don't know what His plan for us is. Cindy and I talked quite awhile again yesterday, as we do every day, and was just so thankful that our whole family is now living here, which was also in God's plan. It has helped everyone (especially Kyle's family) to spread the work around with all of us, and it would have been very difficult for Marvin and I to not be here with our daughter going through the ordeal she has been going through.

Please continue to keep Cindy and Kyle in your prayers, and pray that this shunt will be successful .

Kyle will give more of an update tonight when he gets back from the hospital.

Thanks to all for all your prayers and support.

Kathy Kaptein (Cindy's mom)