laylee's recovery.

so laylee is recovering nicely from her ventriculoperitoneal (v.p.) shunt placement surgery she had friday. she has been much happier. here are a few pictures of her insicions and how well they are healing!

a sleepy laylee

this is the initial incision that was made in the top of her head

 this incision was the first one made. they cut through the top of her head, drilled a small hole into her skull and made a small hole into the protective layer covering the brain and placed the top of the shunt just above her brain.

incision number two out of three..

 incision number two was made here, in the upper right back end of her skull. it was made to help feed the tubing down her neck and over her collar bone and finally into her peritoneum (the bottom of her stomach).

incision number three..

 this is the third and final incision that was made. the purpouse of this incision was to feed the tube through to laylees stomach and place it where it could drain out and be processed and peed out like any other fluid.

laylee pulling funny face!

happy little girl

 if you look closely, you can see the tubing protruding a little right where my finger is. you can feel it in both her head, neck and just above her tummy incision. the prognoses on that is that as she grows, the tubing will not be noticable. we are hoping she continues to make a full recovery. i will keep updates posted here as often as i can.. but things continue to be very busy here. i only promise to do my best. hope you guys feel this blog is helping to keep every one updated.

pretty blue eyed girl.

laylee's new thing.. she crosses her long little legs.