Aidan is still hanging out in the PICU while the doctors decide what to do next. I (Willa) drove home with baby Paddy early this morning for Kieron's 8th birthday (Subway sandwiches and vanilla ice cream for his birthday dinner!) Aidan has been started on 2 broad spectrum antibiotics because he has spiked a temperature two evenings in a row. He does not act sick, however, and is slowly beginning to feel at home in the ICU. For the first few days he was extremely jumpy and fearful whenever someone came into the room or touched him, but now is beginning to recognize some of his nurses and trust them when they say "no owies" to him.
He loves getting his blood pressure taken and his tummy listened to with a stethescope, but is getting heartily sick of the oxygen probe on his finger and keeps trying to shake it off.
On Monday the doctors will decide where to go from here, and either Monday or Tuesday he will have some kind of surgery. What it is depends on what they decide. I will update on how he does.
Paddy has been very happy playing with his siblings ever since he got home. In general, this hospitalization hasn't been too stressful so far considering that Aidan got ambulanced down to the hospital a little bit before Christmas for a seizure, then went back into the hospital the day after Christmas with a urinary/kidney infection, and then went to UCSF for the shunt revision.
Partly, this is because Aidan seems pretty healthy and we are hopeful that this trip will "fix" him and help him avoid regular hospitalizations in the future, and partly, it's because friends and family have been a great support. Grandma and Grandpa Ryan have been so kind and generous about sharing their home, their time and their energy helping us and watching the other kids (3 teenagers, plus 2 lively boys not to mention a very furry Australian shepherd dog).
More later, plus I will try to get some more pictures in the photo section as soon as I can.
Willa (Aidan's mom)
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