Relief

Monday Sweetpea went into surgery to relive her cyst and it was quick and the cyst began going down immediately. Tuesday morning we got a CT and it showed that the cyst was going down but her ventricles were now swelling. Another surgery was possibly needed. Although I did not want her to undergo another surgery, I was hoping that if it was necessary, it would happen while we were still in the hospital.

Wednesday Sweetpea began going downhill. She was very sleepy and only had 10 ounces all day. I requested her to be put on iv and was scrutinized by nurses, (she is probably just sleepy, she is on meds, etc). No. Something was wrong. Her Dr agreed that something was wrong and decided to keep us until today. Later that day we got another CT. The ventricles were increasing still, but not enough yet. We would try again Thursday. I was to watch for her to vomit or become unresponsive.

This morning we got the final CT and it showed the cyst was still draining properly, but her ventricles had finally increased quick enough for action. While waiting for surgery, she stopped eating completely, she vomited and became unresponsive. Needless to say her surgery could not come soon enough. An unresponsive baby is just horrible.

Her surgery was once again very quick, and when we saw her in recovery she was a new baby. Even though she had been under anesthetic and she had her brain cut into, she was already more herself than she had been all day. I had never been so happy to see her eat!!

I am one happy Mama! I think we have finally solved her problem. Please pray that we indeed have.

One thing I have learned through these 11 nights in the hospital is that Mama is always right- SPEAK UP MAMAS!! I will go into details later on other aspects of this experience for all you Mamas out there.

Thank you all so much for praying and for your genuine love and concern for our family!