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Wednesday's Mid Day Update

Things are going well. Aimee ate part of a chocolate milk shake and some french fries for lunch today. Her doctors want her eating salty foods. So lunch was "just what the doctor ordered". This is the only time I've ever heard of a doctor thinking drinking a milk shake multiple times a day is a good thing.

She's still in the ICU and is quite sedated, but arouses enough to eat and such. She'll probably stay here through today and maybe be moved back to the NTU (neuro trauma unit) tomorrow, but that is dependent on how she does over the next while.

The ophthalmologist examined her a few minutes ago and her vision in her left eye has worsened. They're using her eye exams to help them know how the pressure in her head is doing. It looks like it hasn't come down enough to take the pressure off her optic nerve which is a concern. They're talking about doing a lp (lumbar puncture/spinal tap) or a lumbar drain but they've been discussing that for the last day or so. It's sounding more like they'll do that, but we'll see.

btw her diagnosis is sinus venus thrombosis (blood clot in the veins exiting the brain) and nerve 6 palsey in both eyes (the nerve that moves her eyes is not working right which is causing double vision, etc).

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