Re: possible hospital stay

March 18, 2003

If she has dark circles under her eyes, have the docs done a CT scan of her

sinuses? If her sinuses are really infected, they could be the cause of her

problems. When Nick was little, he was in and out of the hospital 2-3 times

in one month. One dr. finally listened to me about the dark circles being

sinus related and ordered a CT scan of Nick's sinuses. The results: Nick's

sinuses were so blocked it was amazing, the infection was so bad and chronic,

that it competely ate the bone away between his right eye and his ethmoid

sinus. Keep in mind, Nick DID NOT show any outward signs like runny nose, or

stuffed up nose, or sneezing, it was just the dark circles and my mother's

intuition. Nick immediately has sinus surgery, while the doc was in there he

also flushed his sinuses with Pulmozyme. Two weeks later when the doc went

back in to remove the stints, he found Nick to be completely blocked up

again, so he had to completely clean him out once more. Since then, Nick has

had 5 sinus surgeries in the last 8 years. If it weren't for my persistence,

I'm not sure how much longer the infection would have gone on or how much

damage his lungs would have suffered, since your sinuses drain down the back

of the throat and some can find its way into your lungs. Anyway, since then

all the docs listen to me when I tell them something is not right with Nick.

I hope this helps, and offers one possible explanation.

Amber

Nick's mom

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