Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

Kat has had headaches since Saturday.  They are the daunting kind of headaches we haven't missed these last two months.  The one's that leave her not wanting to move, wanting a quiet dark room to lay in.  I hate watching these headaches take their toll on her.  She whimpered in her sleep until after 3 last night. So after a visit to the doctor today we really are no closer to answers then we were at 3 this morning as I held her praying it wasn't her shunt.  It could be allergies, could be migraines, or could be the dread shunt.


So we came home this afternoon and prepared for the worst.  Decided it was time to change out the clothes in our emergency bag, taking out the winter clothes and putting in summer clothes.  Making sure all the food was still good, and checking to make sure we had replaced anything we had used.
An emergency bag is part of our life, we have clothes for me, Chris, and Kat, personal items we need to remain presentable at the hospital, snacks, and things to keep Kat occupied.  We also keep things in there that always seem to be forgotten, like a charger for our phones, extra copies of important papers like insurance stuff, and copies of MRI and CT's that we may need.

It is a bag we pack in hopes to never use it. A trip we plan full in detail in hopes we never have to make it. But with hydrocephalus as part of our lives it is a bag we know that we will more than likely need it. Most shunt revisions are done on an emergency basis so it is always better to be prepared.