Faith's shunt was infected and had to be externalized today. The surgery went well. They were able to take out the breathing tube so she won't have to be on a ventilator. This is great news because she has always been agitated in the past when she had to be on the ventilator after surgery. She is in recovery now and we are waiting to see her. She will have the external shunt for approximately 10-14 days. Depending how things go, she will have another surgery to put in another new shunt.
Faith is just 8 weeks old and this is her 6th surgery. She is such a fighter! It is so hard for us to see her go through all of this. We are thankful that she will not remember it!
So sorry you are having to go through this again. The three of you are in my thoughts and prayers.
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ReplyDeleteOh Michele, I am so sorry to hear she had to go through another surgery. She has taken one more in 8 weeks them most in a life time. Now does this mean that you can't hold her for 10-14 days again? Do they put the shunt in a different area each time, or the same? Any ideas as to why it continues to not work properly? Poor thing. Thinking of you guys !
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