Heather had surgery today

Heather had the E.V.D. removed and a new shunt placed in a different place this time.
The surgery went well. The surgeon had a little difficulty finding the ventricule. Now we just have to watch Heather for any signs of shunt failure.

Heather has MRSA again

Heather is growing M.R.S.A. again. So far it is not in her C.S.F. so that is a good thing. The doctor wants to give her a few more days on antibiotics before putting a new shunt in. He will be putting the new shunt in a different spot from the old one. This means that she will be cut in a new place on her head that hasn't had surgery before. All prayers and well wishes are appreciated.

Heather has staff

So Heather's CSF cultures came back and shows staff.  We are waiting to see what today's tests show to know how deep the infection got and how long of a hospital stay we will be looking at.

Heather is in surgery

Yes you heard right. Heather is having her shunt removed and an E.V.D. put in. While rinsing her hair with warm water her scab came off exposing her shunt to the air.  If you don't know , that is not ok.  She is being treated the same as an infection again.  We are in Birmingham.

As you may know...

Heather was in the hospital from 7/31/2013 to 9/8/2013.  We are home and doing well.

She got an e-coli bacterial abscess in her abdomen which then infected her shunt causing her to have e-coli bacterial meningitis.

The shunt was removed, infection cleared and a new shunt put back in.  She is put all back together now.

We were finally able to put on and take photos of all the kids in the PJ's my Maw Maw made out of my Paw Paw's old shirts.  This is especially awesome to me because when I was a kid, I made pajamas with Maw Maw out of Paw Paw's old shirts and wore them all the time.

Here are some photos. Aren't they so cute?

Wow it has been a while

I didn't realize how long it had been since my last post.  I must have died and fell off the earth for a while. HaHaHaHa. Well here are a few pictures of some things I have made the kids over the last few months.

Hat for Heather

Tunisian crochet purse for Kayla

A princess dress for Kayla

Shawl/ponch with embroidered initials for Heather

Cars pants for Michael.

I made a crocheted hat for Michael but he destroyed it before I got to take a picture of it.  Boys!!  Oh well.