We woke up early to meet with neurosurgery when they were on
their rounds. They reviewed the scans
and spoke to us about what their concerns are and put in orders to have stomach ultrasound done to look closer at the
suspicious area for cyst/fluid buildup.
Apparently an infection can cause cyst to form near the tubing and cause fluid build up, another uncommon issue with shunts. Typical symptoms would include bulging of the belly and constipation- neither of which Morgan had. Even though Morgan usually likes to show her “button” she was not that
excited about a stranger rubbing the jelly over her stomach and was a bit
traumatic to get through. Great news we found out shortly after is
that there is no fluid buildup and they do not believe any issues with the
shunt line. Bad news is that they do
want her to stay overnight again just to monitor. They are not convinced her vomiting is just a
“bug” at this point because she had no fever or other symptoms and very similar
to her previous shunt revision behavior.
They let her start eating again so we started with some dry cereal and water which she did fine with and then ordered her breakfast- she held everything down. The rest of the day Pat and I took shifts going
to get work done and keeping Morgan occupied & playing. They finally got us
a room on the 6th floor (out of ER) that afternoon and Morgan was
pretty happy playing with toys in the crib, eating well and holding down her
food. Overall it was not a bad day for being at the hospital.
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