Haddie was on target to come home today. She was very alert and seemed to be doing better. However, yesterday and a little bit the day before Kate noticed that Haddie wasn't her alert and feisty self. She also seemed to throw up after most of her feeds...which are on a 30 minute pump. Kate felt her fontanel last night and it felt fuller to her...and then Haddie had a couple of little seizures. All signs pointed to a shunt problem...and we were right.
They took a CT scan and then this morning Dr. Chen came in and felt the shunt. She said that once a shunt gets infected it is not uncommon to have to replace the valve a few times because dead cells will clog it up. And she believes that the shunt is clogging up. So today around 2:30 they will go in and replace just the valve. They will take a look with a camera to make sure all the other components are functioning. So hopefully they won't have to mess with the line that goes to her belly.
I guess when you have been at this as long as we have, this type of thing doesn't hit you as hard as it used to. It's frustrating but we are just happy that Haddie is here and doing okay. We look forward to a day when we can bring her home and enjoy her but that day isn't today.
God is good. He's in control. And we love Him. He's been very good to me and my family and I know he'll help us through the surgery today.
Also, please pray for a man at the Belpre church named Wes Crum who is having a shunt put in today. I've heard adults don't have as much trouble as babies do with shunts so we'll pray that's the case with Wes. God bless and have a great week.
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