all in the head

In February, Kenley had an appointment with a pediatric neurologist. This appointment had been scheduled for many months (during the deep dark trenches of her nasty behaviors). Because it took so long to get in, we decided we would keep the appointment and see what came of it. When Kenley was born, she suffered a brain bleed as a result of using the vacuum for an assisted delivery.

After only 6 days in the NICU, her brain bleed resolved and we were able to take her home.

Because the delivery/recovery of the twins and myself in the hospital, we really felt we had no closure from this "brain bleed."  So when we were referred to neurology because of Kenley's behaviors, in the back of our head we were hoping to get some answers. For four years it has haunted our minds to wonder if there were some lingering effects of this bleed.

When we met with Dr. Kruer, he was able to put our minds at ease. He was able to pull up her scans from when she was born and compare the brain bleed to that of when she was discharged. He felt confident that it should not have any current impact and did not see any problems "neurologically."

We can't tell you how relieved we were just to have someone take the time to give us some answers that we were never given in the hospital.