VP Shunt Malfunction #4
I can’t believe I have another post about another malfunction. I feel like there is no end in site but I’m happy to report Ellisa’s gone more than a month without a malfunction, so things are looking better. And sorry this is coming so late. Malfunction #4 happened January 8th (surgery). I wrote this soon after [...]
VP Shunt Malfunction #1
Well, it was inevitable. I just thought it wouldn’t happen so soon. I guess I should be lucky it didn’t happen sooner. Here’s what happened. – – – – – – – – – – – - Monday Morning, April 2nd: First sign of something being wrong Ellisa seemed a bit irritable that night. Waking [...]
Ellisa’s Doctor Visits: 18 Months
I thought I would go ahead and simply make one post that goes over all the doctors that Ellisa saw for her 1.5 year check-ups vs doing a post on each visit. Thankfully, there’s nothing too complicated to report or too many doctor’s that she had to see. Here’s a summary of each visit. Dr. [...]
Feeding Issues: Our GI Visit Today
Ellisa has always had feeding issues. In NICU she would spit up most of what we would get down her. Once home, we struggled constantly with bottle feeding and unfortunately breast-feeding didn’t last too long before she refused that too. For probably close to half an hour, Charles used to walk her around the house with [...]