Yesterday morning Ivey had a standard teeth cleaning in the Scottish Rite dentist chair per her usual cleaning routine. To date she is past the cleft lip/palate surgeries that are required for the initial repair of the cleft and is in the in-between stages that take place over a few years until the next big procedures to work on the clefts. That means she only sees the dentist, he keep a check on her progress and when it's time she will go back to the oral surgeon and cranial facial surgeon for more surgeries. So back to yesterday.
Ivey has been having uncontrolled seizures over the past couple of months. We have run the gamut on the causes. She hasn't been her usual happy self and there has been something nagging we just couldn't put our finger on.
As she completed the cleaning yesterday I described Ivey's past few months. And knowing that her 6 year molars are coming gave the staff an update on her seizure activity and that it has to be linked to her teeth , maybe, because we have searched out everything else. And her seizures are our indicator that something is brewing when they go haywire. Since she is non-verbal this is a great little trick for her body to talk to us. The dentist did some X-rays and shipped our girl over to the ER for admittance. She was moved from the ER to the floor yesterday afternoon. late yesterday afternoon they took her back to the OR for a quick little surgery. Teeth were definitely an issue.
She is good. But she is being monitored by the awesome staff at Scottish Rite.
In a nutshell, Ivey was admitted yesterday, had a small surgical procedure and spent the night at the hospital for observation. Matt and I have switched the guards for a bit. He is now with her while I am home for a few hours. We won't know until later in the day if she can come home. Still monitoring her.
Ill update later.
Thanks to everyone who helped us swing into hospital mode. And a special thanks to my sweet hubby who brought us an overnight bag late last night with my make up in a golf shoe bag. Men...
~G~
Ivey has been having uncontrolled seizures over the past couple of months. We have run the gamut on the causes. She hasn't been her usual happy self and there has been something nagging we just couldn't put our finger on.
As she completed the cleaning yesterday I described Ivey's past few months. And knowing that her 6 year molars are coming gave the staff an update on her seizure activity and that it has to be linked to her teeth , maybe, because we have searched out everything else. And her seizures are our indicator that something is brewing when they go haywire. Since she is non-verbal this is a great little trick for her body to talk to us. The dentist did some X-rays and shipped our girl over to the ER for admittance. She was moved from the ER to the floor yesterday afternoon. late yesterday afternoon they took her back to the OR for a quick little surgery. Teeth were definitely an issue.
She is good. But she is being monitored by the awesome staff at Scottish Rite.
In a nutshell, Ivey was admitted yesterday, had a small surgical procedure and spent the night at the hospital for observation. Matt and I have switched the guards for a bit. He is now with her while I am home for a few hours. We won't know until later in the day if she can come home. Still monitoring her.
Ill update later.
Thanks to everyone who helped us swing into hospital mode. And a special thanks to my sweet hubby who brought us an overnight bag late last night with my make up in a golf shoe bag. Men...
~G~
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