Haddie is out of surgery and we are waiting to go to her new room. Dr.Chen said everything went well. They took out the valve and went in with a camera to see what they could see. There are more dead bacteria cells in the tube that could present a problem down the road. She flushed the line to try and get some of the dead cells out. She replaced the valve with one that had bigger holes. The upside is that is will drain more fluid but the downside is that it could allow bigger junks of dead cells in which could clog.
Bottom line: Haddie is okay but most likely isn't done with shunt surgeries. We could go home within a couple of days. And hopefully we can stay home for more than two weeks. Once discharged we will come back every 2 weeks just to check the shunt and make sure no clogs are forming. We have the upper hand now since we know how Haddie acts when it's clogged and also know how her fontanel gets firmer.
Thanks for the prayers. Hope to have our Haddie home sooner than later this week. God bless.
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