Isabelle Bentley

Happy girl doesn't know she's about to go under for ear tubes. You're gonna do WHAT to me? The surgery took 20 minutes and she woke up fine, we cuddled and she ate. Then we headed out. The guy said her canals are very small and they were filled with fluid. Her right ear had thick fluid in it. She could hear but not very well. He got all the fluid out and placed the tubes in. So now she should hear everything pretty clearly.  We were right down the road from dad so we visited him at work and she was the star of the show!

Zzzzzz. So today was... frustrating. On Wednesday I got a phone call from her pediatrician that the brain scan we had done like 2 weeks ago came back with subtle results but that we'd have to talk to a neurosurgeon about what that meant. Today was that day. Scott took Izzie to the appointment. Basically, her brain bleed is still there and is not shrinking which is leading them to think it may be fluid . If it's fluid, it needs to be watched and MAY need to be drained using shunts . However the neurosurgeon wants her to have an MRI BEFORE her surgery which is exactly one week from today. We found this out around 4p today... a Friday. (WHen I google signs of having hydrocephalus (water in the brain) Izzie has NONE of them so I am hoping it's just a brain bleed that's taking its sweet time to resolve).  In order for babies to have MRIs they need to be under general anesthesia. Many questions we have but can't be answered until Monday. Some are: Should a 7lb 14...