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One of the markers of success in the NICU is machines that get added or removed from the room.  In the beginning Barnaby’s room was crowded with equipment.  When they ruled out seizure activity three large monitoring machines were rolled and he had a dozen less wires coming off of him.  When he started absorbingContinue reading “The Equipment”

First some background info: Ventricles are voids in the brain filled with Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF). When brains develop a bleed, which is common in premature babies, blood gets added to the CSF causing the ventricles to expand and push out on the important bits – this is called Hydrocephalus. There are several possible treatmentsContinue reading “How will we know if brain surgery was successful?”

This site will be updated periodically with updates about Barnaby. If you scroll way back the first post is about his birth, but that of course is not the beginning of the story. Ana’s pregnancy was generally uncomfortable. Both because of sustained “morning sickness” that was really all day nausea for the first trimester andContinue reading “Prelude to Barnaby.blog”