Daddy's Update

It was a late night for us. Mike and I did not get back to the Ronald McDonald house until 3 a.m. I think I failed to mention that Grandma Sue traveled up on Monday and stayed the night with Cayman in the hospital while a room opened up for Mike and I at the Ronald McDonald house. Grandma Sue stayed again last night. Mike and I had not intended to stay so late but Cayman was in a lot of pain. She whimpered and cried a lot. Her heart rate had moments where it drastically dropped (this is called Brady). She was given extra doses of morphine and while that did seem to help it still did not take the pain away completely. Then we noticed a lot of swelling on the side of her head where the new shunt was placed. It was so puffy that even the inside walls of her ear canal were almost touching. The on-call Neurosurgeon resident was paged. She looked Cayman over and did not seem to be concerned.

Daddy went back over to the hospital very early to be there for the doctor rounds. I could not make it out of bed. Usually I can push through my exhaustion but not this morning. But I was so happy to hear that Cayman is doing better. Grandma Sue along with the nurses are taking very good care of her. She is eating and her swelling has gone down.

She's going to be moved today from the PICU to general care. Then tomorrow, hopefully, we're homeward bound.