Five is our lucky number

We can't believe it's been about a month since our last post. It just goes to demonstrate how busy our lives have been. We had a last minute shunt replacement in the middle of Oct, and I mean last minute and we were in and out of there so fast it's hard to imagine.

It started on a Tue when we had been in for a follow up Neurosurgeon visit. Everything looked great, his scan was good, his head looked clear. We noticed that a few of his stitches from his surgery in August were working themselves out from the inside out -- like they do. Not a big deal normally ... but the next day, Grandma Jacquie noticed Cole's head was a little wet on top. Not a lot, but not easily identifiable to what was causing it. Shawn found the same thing around his recent shunt site. So back to the hospital the next day. As soon as his NS nurse saw it, she called in Cole's NS, who cleared his schedule in the morning to move Cole's shunt. The issue ... to many procedures in such a short time had created an area that wasn't scarring up as quickly as it should / might. But the little guy has had 3 surgeries this summer, so not too surprising. His doctor's concern was that the hole created by the stitch would be open too long and could create a tunnel to allow an infection to travel down directly to the shunt. So the option was to address this quickly and cross our fingers. So this time, they moved it to the back of his head. And now were watching him and watching for any signs that we weren't quick enough. We were admitted on Thu morning and out by Fri ... that's right the next day. It's amazing and still remarkable to consider overnight brain surgery. And of course the other goal was to get out before any of us caught a flu bug. Which we've also been lucky enough to avoid.

So now we're just hanging out, keeping low and staying healthy and hoping our only visits to the hospital revolve around check ups.