Everything seemed to check out okay last Wednesday and Ella is making tons of progress – at her own pace as usual. She’s standing more, and likes walking in the gait trainer. Etan has been working on walking w/o any equipment. She still needs alot of support and one really has to put her legs forward one by one, but at least she is able to move upright. There was a time not long ago when I couldn’t even imagine her supporting weight on her legs. The tap showed intercranial pressure of 60 although her shunt is set at 40. Last time it was 110 when the shunt was set at 80 so the same ratio has remained more or less. Dr. Black concluded that the shunt is working just fine so there is no need to replace it. He didn’t seem concerned about the ventricles not decreasing in size. He said some people just have large ventricles. The important things is that the pressure is not too high. That is what he was worried about. So the pressure was set to its lowest, Ella had another x-ray to make sure that was the correct setting and that’s it. Dr. Black doesn’t need to see us for another six months! I was relieved and reassured. Plus, Ella has been really happy lately and proud of her progress. She even seems happy to have Netta around all the time and seems to have gotten over her