An unexpected turn..

My mom had her surgery on Tuesday and went home on Saturday, May 22nd to start her 6 weeks of recovery. On Sunday afternoon she had noticed a drip coming from her nose. It was enough of a drip that she was constantly wiping her nose with a tissue. This was one of the warning signs that the neurosurgeons had warned us about. This drip could be spinal fluid leaking from the surgical area. We took mom back to the U.of Ia.emergency and after a few tests they re-admitted her. Mom felt good enough that she insisted I stay with my dad that night. So I drove back to Williamsburg to be with dad.
We drove to the hospital the following morning. Mom had a rough night. They scoped her nose looking for leaking fluid, had x rays done,and inserted a lumbar drain in her spine. This was done to take the pressure of the surgical area and let the spinal fluid drain fromher lower spine. She couldn't keep her eyes open and was nodding off every couple of seconds.
The following is an update from my brother and sister on the afternoon of May 25th. They have moved mom to intensive care. She is being tested for meningitis. She has a urinary tract infection. She had a breathing tube inserted as she was breathing very few breaths a minute.She is on alot of antibiotics.They believe she is responding to their voices as they see her wiggle her toes and her eyelids.
Dad starts his chemotherapy on Friday.