11/19/11-Tucker was fussy for almost a week. Screaming for hours at a time. We didn't see any signs of shunt failure; vomiting, lethargic, "sunset" eyes. Which led us to believe his stomach was just bothering him. We tried everything for his belly and nothing helped. Saturday afternoon we brought Tucker in. After going through all the normal baby tests but no red flags, they did a ct scan to check the fluid in his head. His ventricles were larger than normal and Dr. Braud (who did his spine closure) assumed there was a shunt malfunction. Sunday morning 11/20/11, Tucker when into surgery at 830am for a shunt revision. After about an hour, the surgery was over and Dr. Braud came to speak to us. He showed us in a plastic ziploc bag the part of the shunt that wasn't working. It was the tube that goes into his brain for the fluid to enter the shunt and down into his belly. The little holes where the fluid entered were being covered up by scar tissue causing it to block the fluid from his brain into the shunt. We stayed one more night for recovery and observation. We are home now and he seems to be doing better. He's taking tylenol every 4 hours and it seems to be helping. So happy we took him in.
Tucker seems like he is going to be a very strong person already!... Glad he is all right. My prayers go out to you three. You are very special people who have been intrusted by God to take care of this little one. Couldn't have picked to loving and special people!.. I love you and keep posting!...Auntie Vicki
ReplyDeleteI will be coming down to Seattle University of Washington sometime in January to meet with the liver doctors there. Maybe we can meet up somewhere. All depends on what they want to do. I'll let you know more when the time is nearer. hugs and kisses to you three!