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Brain Bleed: The First Long Night

Waiting And Praying We were only halfway to Pittsburgh when I got a call from a surgeon at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.  They needed to relieve the pressure in Todd’s brain and wanted to put a drain in.  Trepanation is a common procedure but wasn’t without risk because they had to drill through his skull to …

Brain Bleed: The beginning of our journey to healing

Brain Bleed

The day of Todd’s stroke, I knew when it was time to call 911. I can’t explain how I knew except after taking blood pressures that were way too low and then way too high, I still tried to believe Todd was OK, but I knew he wasn’t and I needed to act urgently. It’s …