She went to the neurologist who placed the shunt in April for a follow up. After that she really amped up the woo. it’s likely at this visit is where Robyn got bad news on Luna.
I didn’t realize shunts had that type of maintenance to them. What do they get clogged with?
ETA: Luna‘a shut is starting to become visible under her scalp. Can that cause issues? (I’m not a medical kiwi)
Honestly, my knowledge comes from parents who have a kid who has one. That kid is pretty normal though and had a slight case of hydrocephaly, not cysts in the brain (kid is doing fine) so I don’t really know much about what it clogs with.
In this kids case the shunt just connects the outside of the brain to the spinal column and fluid drains slowly that way.
This mention of mommy daughter healing time could actually be beneficial to Robyn if she decided to address Luna's impending death. Perhaps even use her woo-mindedness to create a mental moodboard and 'share' that with Luna as a way to both grieve over the loss of what could have been and bond in the moment or something. Instead she obviously means that her daughter's head isn't a slowly filling water balloon. Not only that but they are talking telepathically and positively thriving!
This isn't going to be pretty when the poor kidlet shuffles off the mortal coil.
edited: cuz i cant fucking spell
I think woo-woo spirituality, like most life paths, is immensely beneficial to a lot of people and then extremely toxic and awful to a certain subset.
There are normal folks who, while they may process big emotions through different lenses, come out good and healthy in the end.
Then there are folks who just use their “spirituality” to hide from the truth.
I honestly think Robyn falls in the middle somewhere. She’s a true believer in the woo, but I think it’s become a grift for her. She hawks shit using her daughter as an advertising gimmick, pretty much like a circus using a poster of The Elephant Man to get attention. It doesn’t matter that she’s selling prana mats instead of popcorn. She’s still inviting people to come look at the freak and then buy some shit to make yourself feel a bit better for taking a peek.
But I guess the woo helps with the dissidence.