Hi All,
For the past month mom has been in the hospital, and no one can seem to find out whats wrong. She has a VP shunt(programmable), shunt studies are fine pressure 17, lumbar puncture shows no infection, shunt xrays normal, CAT scan of head unchanged as well as having a CAT scan of neck, chest and abdomen all negative, no infection in her blood, chest xray shows no pneumonia. She is soooooooooooo lethargic, she barely talks or opens her eyes and we can't figure out why. It all seems so neuro. Also theres no bladder infection. Can your shunt appear in all tests to be functioning but really isn't? We are now waiting for an MRI of her brain to be done, I just don't know!! They even checked her thyroid studies and at one point they were high, but now normal. I just thought I would put this out there because sometimes someone has experienced situations like this and can give great advice. Thanks.
Smitty