reports from appointments

Well, we made is safely to and from Augusta.  Thanks for all the calls, prayers, and texts.  Tripp had his MRI Tuesday morning.  It was very hard for them to find a vein for the medicine to go in.  He screamed for 15 minutes while they looked.  They finally got it in his foot.  Well, after we left him as he was falling asleep things changed!  The IV in his foot came out and started leaking in his foot.  They then tried the other foot and it wouldn't stay.  When the dr. came to get us as he was coming into recovery, she said "please don't kill me, but we had to use a vein in his head for iv."  When we saw him, he had a fat foot, another bandaged foot, and a bandage on his head!  He looked pitiful.  He woke up happy and very hungry.  The dr. told us just by comparing the old scan to this one, she could tell there was more fluid.  We had to wait until 3 to see the neurosurgeon.  He came in and agreed that there was building pressure and that we needed to have the surgery sooner than later.  So Tripp is scheduled to have a shunt placed on Tuesday, January 24.  He will have to spend at least 1 night in ICU and then hopefully will be able to go home.  His recovery should last about 2 weeks.  Please continue to send prayers our way.  We are scared and excited all at the same time.  So excited that he will be able to do "normal" things that a 4 month old should do.  The dr. said that within the first 2 weeks his head should drastically change sizes.  I am so eager to see what Tripp will be able to do (hold head up independently and completely roll over) with the new size.  Pray that he will tolerate this shunt and that he will not have any complications. 

I have to go pick up students from PE but I will update day two Augusta tonight. 

Summer

T.R.I.P.P.