Hello :) The older two boys are safely with their grandparents in Michigan. I will miss them, but it will also be a nice break for us - a chance for Toby and I to spend some time together. Please pray for a couple of things - one is when I have been straight cathing Toby we are getting some higher volumes, which means we may have to start cathing him more. Also, his fontanels haven't been very sunken in which could mean a possible shunt failure. He's not showing the normal symptoms - lethargy or extreme irritability, (amont others)..., but when they are babies and the fluid increases in their little heads, the bones can fluctuate with the fluid since they're not fused together yet. I'm a little bit concerned, so we may schedule an appointment with the doctor just to be on the safe side. Pray that his shunt will work again or that we will know if we should take him in.
May 22, 2007 3:44pm
We have a CT scan scheduled on Friday for Toby's head; so hopefully we will have some answers. We may not know anything until Monday, unless the radiologist would read the scan and see something unusual then he will contact the neurosurgeon. He is acting fine, and not showing the normal symptoms of a shunt failure, but I have been measuring the circumference of his head and it has grown 1/2 cm in 2 days. His fontanels still don't feel right, but we're not panicked. I just keep checking in with the neurosurgeon, so we will see what happens. We will also see pulmonary on Friday for a chest x-ray and a check-up. He continues to smile and charm all of us. Yesterday we had some professional photos taken at Target, and they turned out pretty nice. Pray we will know for sure if his shunt is working or not working and if we should take him in sooner than early next week.
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