August Update

When Gianna gets sick it's always an extra worry in the back of my mind that the problem could be something related to her shunt.  Whenever she has a fever, throws up, etc. I find myself Googling again for the signs of shunt failure.  To help me stop driving myself crazy as well as to give some info to her daycare providers, I came up with this one-page educational sheet this week.  I thought this idea might be helpful to other parents who want to inform caregivers, babysitters, etc. of important info about their kiddo's medical condition.

So as you can see from the picture above, GiGi has new glasses!  She graduated from her first pink glasses this summer, and we updated with new purple ones.  I think they make her look older!  The good news is that she likes them and keeps them on better than she did at first.  The bad news is that her vision is getting worse for some reason (more far sighted).  She goes back to the opthalmologist in another month, so hopefully everything will be stable at that time with no more decline.  I can't believe she's almost 2!!