BIRMINGHAM: On Tuesday evening our daughter, Emily, called me that Brantley, our grandson, was sick and throwing up. She said he was sleepy real quick. She asked him what day it was and he said Thursday.
In a few minutes she called again and said he was sick again and hurling. Emily called Children’s Hospital in Birmingham and advised them of what was going on. They told her to bring Brantley to Children’s Hospital.
Emily’s husband was on duty and they have a 2 year old. Her husband got off duty and his mother and sister took care of Tate. Then Emily, Brantley and myself took off to Birmingham leaving at 9:45 PM. We arrived at 12:15 AM in the emergency department of Children’s Hospital in Birmingham.
They took Brantley in doing different tests and scans. He has a shunt from several years ago because his spinal fluid on his brain does not drain properly. He was flown by Mark Reynolds and Survival Flight after Dr. Fred Pich diagnosed it several years ago. Since the original surgery the surgeons at Children’s have had to adjust it several times, all on the right side of the back of his head.
The doctors had told Emily they might have to put a stint on the left side and hadan appointment on December 8th. That appointment is still on.
After the tests and the shunt was working properly they determined he has a virus. They discharged him this afternoon and he is back at home now. He has felt pretty good but slept most all of the way home from Birmingham.
THANKS to Children’s Hospital. THANKS to all who posted and prayed for Brantley. He is 13, in the 7th grade at Cottonwood. His Uncle John and dad Mike have in deer hunting, his dad Mike and Step Dad Josh has him in fishing, and his Uncle Spencer has him in golf. He has been taking lessons from Ryan Benton, a golf pro. With the shunt he can not do contact sports. When Colton Trotter can ever slow down he is going to take Brantley bass fishing teaching him the proper way.
He stays active but as sick as he was. He threw up three times on the trip to Birmingham, it is scary. And we had rather be safe.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
