Tuesday, April 14, 2009
home and abdominal pain
Maddy has been home since Friday afternoon. She still was having headaches and poor appetite,but her doc hoped she would do better at home.She didn't so I put her on diamox yesterday morning and she hasnt complained of headaches and appetite came back and she ate and ate and ate. She also has been complaining of stomach pain for atleast 7-8weeks if not more. I thought at first it was due to antibiotics then we thought she was just nauseous due to all the meds but last week she told me it hurts her and is complaining more each day. She complains many times a day.She is not constipated and has no fever. I let neurosurgery know and her docs said she has never seen a case of a shunt causing abdominal pain and to take her to the pediatrician. I took her today but saw a new doc as hers wasnt there and she order labs,urinalysis,abdominal xray and ultrasound. Well so far all has come back normal,so I called neurosurgery back and asked them now what the pain is still there and she is also doing well on diamox,so now what. They told me to stop the diamox by Wednesday and hopefully she will just get better. I told them that Maddy says her tummy feels better when she takes a deep breath,she complains every 5-15 minutes and today has been crying when shes hurting. They told me its not her shunt or the tubing and to take her to the ER is she gets that bad. i called her neurosurgeons office this morning and told them enough is enough I want all the programmable stuff out and the old shunt system in.I will keep you all posted.
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