News...

MAY 22, 2013

So today Brady is 5 days old, I lost track of time... so I misinformed you on the days old yesterday. I apologize. :)  But this morning Brady had his head ultrasound done.  It's kinda hard to explain.  Your brain has ventricles in it, that contain fluid, kinda like an oval of fluid in the brain. Brady's ventricles are swollen- they've got more fluid then they are supposed to have in them as well as they have a little bit of blood (which they aren't supposed to have). This is the bleeding in the brain that we were talking about earlier.

So what you are wondering is well, is it better?  The answer is, that the bleeding isn't any worse and it's starting to clot (which means it's not actively bleeding).  The swelling of his ventricles in his brain has come down some since the first ultrasound. There is nothing that we can do, it's a waiting game to see what his body is going to do with the extra fluid and to make sure there isn't any bleeding outside of the ventricles and in the brain tissue. They will do an ultrasound in a week to make sure that there isn't any bleeding in the brain tissue surrounding the ventricles in the brain. And when he is a month old he will have his "big" ultrasound that will be able to look at if we will be having developmental issues, and those kinds of things.

However, with that aside, Brady is doing great.  He has been having an absolutely, wonderfully stable day. I was able to sit and hum to him for a bit, which I think he liked despite the fact that I am pretty sure I'm tone deaf.  But it's been great, now I'm on the prowl to find a few books to read to him, something that he should be able to enjoy.

We take everything day by day and so far he's been having some great days. I hope and pray that it stays this way.