Tuesday 11 June 2013

Ventricular Shunt!!!!!

Before if you asked me if i knew what a Ventricular Shunt is i would have looked at you funny and said NO!!!

At 2 weeks old my little girl was crying allot....i thought to my self she must be a colic baby coz she don't want to stop crying. But believe me there is such a thing as mommy instincts.

I just knew there was something else wrong. Took her to 3 doctors until we had our answers.

Alissa has a level 4 Bleeding in the brain...i will never forget the fear of loosing my little girl. I was sitting on the hospital bed holding her while she had a fit and the doctor came in and said he had some bad news for us. My hole wold just stood still. I was in shock...then fear took over...i cant loose Alissa not like this not now.

Fast forward to a couple of hours later...Alissa was booked into NICU and was hooked up on all these monitors. She was going to need brain surgery to correct the bleeding in her brain.

Alissa was ill and i could see it in the way she looked at me...i have never felt so helpless in my life...i could do nothing to help my little girl to rid her of the pain that she is feeling. She was on such strong medication that she was sleeping day in and day out. After 3 weeks in the NICU the Brain surgeon decided it was time for her operation....the operation went so fast and she was in no time back in the NICU...the operation was a success. I don't want to go into all the finer details of the NICU stay. Its still to raw for me. I must say...she was in the best of care there and i would be forever grateful to the NICU staff and Dr Tatomir for the care and love that they gave her. And to God for keeping his hand of protection over her and giving us the strength to be there for her.

Alissa was another week in the NICU before they released her and she is n happy growing healthy baby at home.

And we adore her and her brother to the fullest. I cant explain the love i have for these two. They are my everything and more.


1 comment:

  1. I am so so happy that your little girl is healthy and good now. Remember that "God never comes late"

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