Rachel’s incision is starting to open back up and is draining fluid. Surgeon asked us to try using steri-strips but it was draining too much for those to hold. He suggested going to the ER here in Portland to get stitches, so we tried that this morning. 4 hours later the neurosurgeons refuse to treat her because they didn’t do the surgery and they’re making us go to Boston.

We tried having the Boston surgeon reason with them but they just weren’t comfortable doing it; they thought it was cerebrospinal fluid leaking, though the surgeon in Boston said he would be extremely surprised if it was and he was just going to have his resident or fellow put sutures on.

On our way there now, stay tuned…