Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Enough Is Enough!

We gave it our best. The nero surgeons wanted us to wait until tomorrow but Avri's head is saying otherwise. Avri began throwing up at about 4pm and was crying because her head hurt so bad. She threw up again around 5pm. I can't just hang out all night and watch her twist in pain. I decided to call the hospital and get the resident on call on the phone and ask him if they wanted us to wait until tomorrow he needed to call her in a few loratabs to get her through the night. This is not a resident that saw us at all this weekend, but he knew the whole entire case. He asked me why I did not just bring her to the ER. I explained to him that the two nero surgeons made me feel like an idiot and said give it time. They said I was not giving her time to adjust to the pressure changes in her head. He seemed very concerned and had a tone to his voice of great frustration. (he gave me the impression that he did not think she should have been sent home in the first place)
He said I should just get her up here.

So I took a quick shower (as I had been watching her all day and had not had a chance) I packed a couple days worth of stuff for me and Avri. Then I Sent all my other kids over to there other mother : ) I am fast it takes me under 30 minutes to get to the point of leaving the house. In this small time frame Avri has rapidly gone down hill. I help steady her to get her to the car. I walk her out the door and she just stands there. I Say "come on Avri" She half yells like a drunk lady " I can't see" as she takes a step and totally misses the first stair on the steps. At that point Matt comes over and helps get her down the stairs and into the car. She immediately goes into a deep sleep.
we arrive to a full waiting room and hospital. Avri is in serious enough condition that she is taken back to the trauma room but instead of them sending her back out to wait her turn they took her straight back to a room. Her blood pressure was low and her pulse was 54.
Doctors have come in and she is obviously not in good shape. They at this moment are thinking she is just going in for surgery for double shunt revisions. They would like to avoid any more radiation with scans and just fix an obvious problem.
We have not talked to the all knowings yet, so they could have a completely different vision for her.

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