We were sent home Thursday, but we had been noticing the left side of Cole's face was not moving like the right side. The more we spent time with him, we realized his left side of his face was acting like it was paralized e.g.,the left side of his mouth was not moving and his left eye was not blinking and not closing correctly. Also, his sucking/swallowing reflex was all messed up and he wasn't eating well. We had actually seen the facial abnormalities Wednesday after his shunt surgery, but dismissed it as part ofhis recovering from surgery. We saw our Pediatrition on Friday and she sent us right back to Primary's ER (we really love her tenacity). She was also worried about how dusky his color is when he gets really mad. After 9 hrs in the ER, we were re-admitted to Primary's.
Sooooo, we are back at the hospital. In the ER they said the CT scan did not show him having a subdural bleed, which was one of their bigger fears. So far, Cole had an MRI on Saturday but we have not heard back from Neurology about their findings from the MRI. Cole is not in pain, but just like us, I'm sure he'd rather be home. Hopefully we can figure out what is going on. We'll let you know when we have more information
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