Friday, March 6, 2009

surgery today


Dalton had a pretty good night. Before bed the nurse noticed Dalton's shunt had been clamped and asked if it was supposed to be. It wasn't and the only thing we could think of is that the day nurse clamped it when he got up to go to the bathroom and forgot to unclamp it. He didn't complain of a headache, that's good but he did go to bed early last night.

Neurosurgeon fellow and resident were here bright and early this am. Said even though was clamped and tolerated, he drained a lot and just doesn't seem to be reabsorbing the fluid. I figured, I could see the amount drained in the bag. They said Dalton was still on for shunt surgery this afternoon. Not sure exactly what time that means but we're waiting and I'll update you as soon as I hear something.

He's been running a temperature this am so they gave him tylenol (I won't mention where but you can imagine since he's not allowed anything by mouth....) He took it all in stride looking at me like...what in the world! The blood work showed slightly elevated white blood cells but still within normal limits. Not sure why he's running the temp. He's in good spirits and wondering when does he get to eat. Keep those prayers coming.

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