Sometimes, no news is good news. Other times, no news is crazy news! Since I've lost track of days, I'll just recap events over the past 72 hours. Kass got her stitches out, but had one of her bad days. The next day was "good", until she started leaking clear fluid out of her incision. We took her to the ER in Round Rock hoping that they could patch her up there. Nope. VERY gratefully, the Hoffmann's were on a Date Night, so they swung by the ER to pick up Kimber just in time for us to leave for the Children's Hospital in Temple. (Much thanks to the Hoffmann family for the intrusion on Christmas!)
Although Temple Children's knew we were coming, by the time we drove the hour north, they had a pediatric gun shot wound that took precedence. Bottom line, they stitched her back up, kept her overnight for observation, and a round of antibiotics. We're hoping and praying that this will solve the problem. The theory is to let her body heal itself with as little medical intrusion as possible. If this doesn't work, the doctor gave me a snapshot of the stops we may have to take later on down the road. Our Neurosurgeon is gone until next year, so we'll just wait until he's back in office to see what he has to say.
There's more obnoxious details about allergic reactions to drugs, annoying LONG night in the hospital, frustrations, and frazzled nerves, but I won't bore you with specifics. Suffice it to say, Kass is ready for this ordeal to end!
Please pray that this "simple" solution will resolve the issue, that her body will heal without further medical intervention, and that the new headache from the leaky fluid will subside quickly. Additionally, if you would, please pray that we have wisdom to know if the headaches are normal, or something that we need to take her back to the hospital.
I won't be bothering you nice folks again with these blogs too often. I said I'd only do 12 Days, so now that it's Christmas, my daily updates should be wrapping up. Thank you all for your prayers throughout this ordeal. Lotsa love to you and your loved ones, and Merry Christmas!
Please don't feel badly. We like knowing what's going on. It has been hard for me to keep up with Christmas, but now I'm reading and catching up. I'm so sorry you had to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital! We love praying and supporting you guys however we can. Thank you for sharing what you are going through. I know it must be extremely hard. Love.
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