Surgery on Monday

Hello to all! Well you can tell by the title that I don't have real good news. Trinity will be having a shunt revision done on Monday morning by Dr. Haines.

On Thursday night I was feeding Trinity a bottle and after eating it she sat up to burp and vomited and vomited and VOMITED. It was everywhere including her, me and the chair. Then on Friday morning she ate a bottle again and do I have to say it, yes she vomited AGAIN! :( So I got on the phone with our neurosurgeon's office and they had us come in to do a CAT scan. I really don't know how to explain the rest of this so bare with me it is kinda confusing. The CAT scan really didn't show us anything to be concerned about. Her ventricles look good and there is no fluid around the brain that is of concern, but they are concerned that there could be fluid collecting down by where her opening was and we just can't see it. Dr. Haines feels that it is necessary to go in and revise her shunt. In fact he wants to replace the whole thing with a totally new kind of shunt. So the question is, will this fix the problem of her vomiting? Well we don't really know the answer to that question. We are praying that it does, but for now Dr. Haines wants to start with the shunt and go from there. At this point of all the variables that could be causing Trinity to vomit, this is the most probable. The next area of concern beyond her shunt is her upper and lower GI track. While it doesn't feel good to have to have surgery based on probability, her shunt would be a much easier fix to the problem.

Surgery starts at 9:30 and we have to be there at 7:30 am. We are blessed to have such a great family that will keep Aubree for us. She is going to be staying in Iowa for the week so we don't have to worry about finding a place for her. Please keep Trinity and our family in your prayers on Monday.