Shunt Revision #3

Daddy and I brought Cayman to the E.R. today. She's in surgery right now. The CT scan showed the distal portion of her shunt (the part that was just put in her abdomen 2 weeks ago) is all balled up not allowing the fluid to drain. The doctor thought maybe the scar tissue from her previous stomach/intestine surgery caused the tubing to ball up like this. They're putting the shunt back into her heart. Major sadness! :o(

We are moved into our apartment as of this past Thursday. It was a very exhausting move...lots of labor, lots of worry over the house closing, and lots of worry over Cayman's shunt. We were noticing signs of shunt malfunction a week ago which is why we took her up to the doctor on Monday before the move. However, Cayman's neurosurgeon was on vacation so we met with one of the nurse practitioners. It was a forceful conversation, trying to convince her that she should dial Cayman's shunt down so there would be more drainage in her head. Mike and I strongly felt something was not working right. She did dial it down a half a notch, and there was no change. Grandma Cindy and I took Cayman to the Neurosurgeon this past Friday and he dialed it all the way down, and still no positive changes came from that. Her head measured 50 cm today!