With Every Up, There Is A Down…

So this morning Lindsay made her daily call to the hospital which we were hoping would reveal that nothing had changed and that our little fella was just trucking along. Especially after the exceptional trip yesterday.

The nurse informed Lindsay that his head was swelling and that another tap would be performed today. And that the neural surgeon had recommended every other day a tap would be done…  Now for all you mothers out there that might have had an epidural you will sympathise with the pain this procedure causes. Oh but he gets no initial needle to dull the pain as pain killers and the like on such a small form could have negative effects… so he feels all of the pain from it.

For those who don’t know.. they take a needle and stick it into his spinal column where they pull the plunger on the syringe to remove the fluid from down the spinal column. So if you’ve every hurt your back… you might get an idea of how this could be painful.

He’ll need to get this procedure every other day – if the doctors sign off on it… until his little body is large enough to stand the surgery involved with putting in a Shunt.. a straw for lack of a better discription that will allow for the drainage of these fluids in a less evasive manner.

The good side… when the fluids are drained.. he’s a happy happy little fella… yesterday is proof of that. I told Lindsay that this is one of those things they coin as “Tuff Love”

So stay in there little guy… this will all pay off in the end.