Monday morning before school Raena started to complain of a headache. Thinking nothing of it I went to get her some ibuprofen chewables for her to take and by the time I got back with theme she said it hurt really bad and she couldn’t even take them. (I thought she was trying to get out of school because it was raining.) She pointed to a spot right behind her left ear and within seconds said it’s moving daddy and pointed to the back of her head.
I tried getting her to take her medicine but she then said she was getting dizzy or spinny and seconds later said she had to throw up. I rushed her to the bathroom where she had to hold herself up from being so dizzy and definitely puked. She said she had to keep her eyes closed to not spin and at this point and I thought it might be a migraine starting to happen with those symptoms.
I laid Raena in bed to continue getting the other girls ready for school. After about 5 mins I went to check on her and found her nonresponsive. I picked her up and she was limp in my arms. Kaylee called 911 and offered cpr but she was still breathing.
The ambulance showed up in about 3 mins and rushed her to Fountain Valley Regional. We were very lucky to find the pediatric neurosurgeon just happened to be on site when Raena arrived.
She underwent a 3.5hr surgery to release the pressure on the brain and had a skullectomy performed. The results were inconclusive of finding the issue. Nikki and I were crushed to find this out since we got no answers after cutting open our baby’shower head.
So we wait…