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Almost as soon as I finished typing the last entry, my ex called from the hospital, saying "I think there's someone here you'd like to talk to."

It was my kid, sounding much the same as usual. It seems the doctor, following a CAT scan this AM, decided that the shunt was set to allow too much pressure in his head, and so he tapped it (read: stuck a giant fucking needle into his shunt assembly and sucked some cerebrospinal fluid out of his head), and then reset the shunt pressure (a new design which allows different pressures to be set via magnetic induction, externally).

Steve slept for two or three hours, woke up hungry and communicative. I wept...

Now, if we don't end up with a problem from *too little* pressure (this can be equally devastating, and was what caused his original brain injury in the first place, actually), things are looking up!

Thanks again for all the good vibes. I know in my heart it makes a difference!