Living in the mind of a Nero surgeon.

I don't think I will ever truly know how these guys work. Avri has not shown any sign of getting better since we arrived here at the hospital. In fact she has gotten much worse. She has not ate since we got here and she has to be asked to just take a sip of her drink. She threw up around eleven and I made a comment that more was coming out than what she was drinking and no one said anything. Ok not a big deal. Just weird.
On top of all other worries. When Avri stands up to go to the bathroom she becomes extremely dizzy. She is already pale but any color at all she may have had leaves. She starts breathing really hard and it becomes a race to get her back in bed. So tonight when we get her back in bed her heart rate drops to 50. Now I am no doctor but this really alarmed the nurses and they called nero surgery. They are thinking we need to get her down to surgery and get her fixed. well nero surgery calls back and says as long as it goes back up when she moves just keep watching it and moving her. GREAT! I could tell the nurse was worried and that was not what she wanted to hear. These nurses are really worried which in turn worries me. Some times I just sit here and watch her monitors and her heart rate normally sits around 80 to 105. It is not steady by any means but 50 seems low. I guess 45 means they are (some big heart word I can't say let alone spell) it just sounds bad.
So then she throws up again. I say to the nurse that sure seems like alot more than she taking in. I asked if she was absorbing her IV fluids into her stomach then throwing some of that up to. Turns out she more than doubled her intake in her vomit. In looking back same thing from earlier. The nurses find this strange enough that it is all noted.
So the nero resident comes around (he is over seen by the attending so everything has to be approved through the attending) he looks over the recent events. Her vomiting and her heart rate. He wants to wait until morning to do anything as far as surgery goes. I am fine with that, I would like to give Avri just as much chance to recover on her own than to have to endure another surgery.
You will never guess what he orders...yep, lets give her a laxative drink and if that does nothing for her in 30 minutes lets give her a suppository. Ok Really ... well they say constipation can cause the same symptoms of shunt failure. I don't know why I have never read this or heard this but yet again I am not the doctor. So far no results and so he is thinking lets give her an enema and see if that clears her up. Now I am not sure how this doctor went from shunt malfunction to ruling out a very life treating case of constipation, but there you have it ...a glance into the mind of these brilliant doctors!