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Out-Patient Surgery

Update on Connor: His incision scar has been oozing in two places for the past few weeks.   Last Monday  we went to the Physiatrist, who after reviewing his situation called our neurosurgeon. They responded quickly and wanted to see Connor as soon as possible which happened to be at Legacy that afternoon. We went in and they decided that they needed to open the scar up - explaining that the skin was weak and needed to be fixed.  His appointment was set for  today at 9:30  to repair this situation. We arrived  at 7:30am  for prep prior to the surgery.  They took him back promptly  at 9:30  and completed the entire procedure within an hour. Dr Soldevilla explained that they were glad they went in because it appeared that the bracket holding the new skull piece in place was getting infected.  They removed the bracket completely and will not replace it. The skull bone has already started to grow over the plastic rep...