Where does depression hurt?
-Everywhere
Who does depression hurt?
-Everyone
It's never a great day when you can relate to a Cymbalta commercial.
We've been hitting some extra depressing days lately. It started out with Cayman needing to go back to surgery. We're home now, and that is great, but there's some concern with her shunt. Hopefully it's working properly. Her head size is not decreasing much and there's extra fluid built up around the track of the shunt. Hopefully these are just things that are going to work itself out as her body adjusts to the new shunt.
How bad would that suck if something was wrong already and she was taken back into surgery?
More depressing news is there's some things slowing up the closing process of our house. It's a bit shaky and it might even fall through. Closing on the house could still work out but only if we choose to take a harder hit financially than we were expecting. That is very depressing. The endless medical bills have already done their share of damage to the pocket book.
So right now Cayman's new shunt seems uncertain, selling the house seems uncertain, and getting a place of our own seems uncertain!!!!! This is not how we saw this week going for us!
I saw this video. It made me laugh. I think I know how the dog feels. :-)
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Posted by Kristen at 2:18 PM
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Awww. Poor doggy!
Sorry you're having a crummy week!
Miles had excess fluid along the tract on his chest (about the size of a hot dog) and also along the tract on his head behind his ear for about 3 months. It actually just went away last week. Our Neurosurgeon said, it is not uncommon for babies and as long as the shunt is working (no other symptoms)- it's nothing to be worried about...just ugly. I'm hoping and praying that is what is going on with Cayman. Another interesting thing our Neurosurgeon told me is that sometimes at the site where they place the catheter the baby's brain tissue has not expanded much yet, so the catheter does not have a tight seal- this can be what causes the "wicking" or the extra fluid along the tract.
Cheer up! Go get some cupcakes or something :) Keep us updated. (more cute photos please)
Sounds like its time for CHOCOLATE or ICE CREAM!!!!!!
What a sympathetic dog! Wow! ha ha Sorry you're having a low week. I agree with Anon...you need ice cream AND chocolate. Praying for you!!
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