An Update

Thanks to everyone for your prayers, emails, and comments!  Here's the latest:

Most importantly, NO HOSPITAL STAY for us at this time.  Whatever else may be going on, her sodium levels, etc are not so far out of whack that they will put her in the hospital.

But, we really don't know what's up.  We are doing two things to follow up. 

• First, we're going to get an appointment with a pediatric endocrinologist to check out what's up with her hormone levels.  It is apparently not entirely unexpected that a hydrocephalus baby might have some issues in this area.  Don't know yet when this can happen.  Late on the 3rd of July isn't a great day to get calls back.
• Second, we're going to get an MRI (general anaesthesia, yuck, with contrast agent, double yuck) to make sure nothing new is happening in her brain.  This last bit seems unlikely, because her head circumference measures are remaining pretty steady.  This will happen at 2:30 PM on Friday, July 18.

The biggest potential offender at this point is something called diabetes insipidus . 

Sam was a champ at the appointment and giggled in her car seat all the way home while I sulked and mulled over all the possibilities.  It's very hard to sulk with a baby yodeling and laughing out loud right behind you.

For the record, she's also a musical prodigy with a fantastic ear.  She was so good with Farmor's piano this past weekend, I bought her a little xylophone, which she just loves.  Perhaps we'll post more pictures from Farmor's if she can be kind enough to forward the ones she took (hint, hint!).