Kylie got out of surgery this morning with no complications. She had some side effects from anesthesia, but all in all it went well. This procedure is completely diagnostic and will help the doctors gather constant data on Kylies cerebral fluid pressure. They won't have any real "answers" for a few days. They are going to be watching her pressure to see if the pressure is high when she is having headaches and if the pressure gets high what other things are happening at the same time. A few things that they may be able to determine from this test are...
- If the shunt is working by keeping the excess fluid drained?
- What the shunt needs to be adjusted to? (the shunt in set to a # and if the pressure gets over that # then the shunt begins to drain to keep the pressure constant)
- If the shunt is working and the pressure is good but she is still having headaches, what else could be causing the headaches?
The doctor told Josh this morning that if over the next couple of days the pressure stays within normal limits then Kylie will be able to go home. At this point the doctors will have to look further into other causes of the headaches. This was WELCOME news!
We are asking for prayer for the Vancomycin (antibiotic they give her after surgery) treatments she will have over the next 24 hours. She is allergic to it and they pre treat her with benadryl, but she is still very itchy and often she has bad reactions.
When Karli called me earlier today Kylie was in quite a bit of pain. Granny left the hospital this afternoon at 3:00 and Kylie was feeling much better playing on the computer. This evening Josh said Kylie was hungry and they were going to order something for dinner. Karli is taking a nap...thankfully she's been asleep for a while!
Kylie is in IMC (intermediate care) at Dell Children's Hospital. She is in this unit only because the nurses on this particular floor at trained on reading and caring for patients with this monitor. They are in 2 central on Floor 2 Room 211.
If you are sending a card you will need to reference Room 211...she LOVES to get these cards! Click on this link....http://www.dellchildrens.net/patient_get_well_cards
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