Lumbar Drain

Halloween's half naked fairy!!!Well..... Alyvia was moved out of the P ICU to the floor for a couple of days, but then she stopped breathing a few times (she scared the crap out of me!!!) so they moved her back to the P ICU. She is doing better, the Dr's still don't know why she stopped breathing in the first place, or what caused it, but today she is doing well breathing wise. Her brain still has spinal fluid building up though, and she has quite a big bump on the back of her head and she still has quite a bit of fluid building up inside her head which is causing swelling in her brain, so Livie will need a lumbar drain put in. The drain goes through the spine up to the brain to relieve the pressure, meanwhile they have to really control how much fluid drains and how much stays or it can cause brain damage. So I am a little nervous.
On a happier note....Livie passed her swallow test!!! YAY!! So I got to feed her actual food today, she LOVED it!!

And they really went all out in the PICU for Halloween, they got Alyvia a costume to wear and took her picture in it then they went trick or treating for her and brought her back a bag of candy. Child Life really goes out of their way to help make the holidays special for the kids.