The plague monster has struck our house! Poor Callista has been so sick for about a week now. Her nose is stuffy, she is throwing everything up, and she just all around doesn't feel good. We took her to the ER Monday afternoon because her secretions were making her choke. Of course, in true ER style, they can't just look at the symptoms of her, everything is OBVIOUSLY caused by spina bifida. So we spent seven hours waiting on them to x-ray her shunt, MRI her brain, and ultimately get a head ultrasound. She wasn't having any of the MRI and held her breath. They decided to do a head ultrasound instead so that I could hold her. It turned out her ventricles are actually smaller than the last one, so we were pretty excited to hear that. After they sucked our insurance dry, they said the problem could be: 1) a cold. 2) a bad case of reflux. And then we went home with a script for a suction machine.
Thursday we took her to her regular pediatrician. It was supposed to be a well baby check but she obviously wasn't well. She still got her shots and growth charting done. She weighs 16 lb, 10 oz and is 26 inches long. She is in pretty low percentiles but the doctor says as long as she is on a curve, that's what matters. I supose SOMEONE has to be the 9th percentile, right? He said her bad reaction to the cold can be caused by her reflux because the cold causes her to gag, the gag causes her to reflux, and then the reflux causes the mucus from her cold to be thicker. Vicious cycle I guess. It's been about a week now and we see no end in sight for her yucky cold. What's worse is now Daddy has it too I think.
For now, we are just going to stay holed up in the house for the weekend with our humidifier, some zofran, her favorite blanket, and mommy cuddles. Here's hoping she kicks this thing soon!
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