Lumbar Puncture Results

So finally yesterday afternoon we got some results back from our hospital visit on Monday.

Evelyn's spinal pressure was a little high (as stated in a previous post) but the doctor is not concerned about it. Evelyn's pressure was about 22 and normal is 10-12. For the spinal pressure to cause Evelyn's eye problem, it would have to be in the 40's. The doctor thinks that Evelyn my just always have a slightly elevated spinal pressure (which is normal). I'm not convinced.

They also tested the spinal fluid to see if they found any white blood cells. This would indicated infection. They found no while blood cells or cancerous cells. So no infection or cancer in her spinal cord.

Evelyn was tested for a thyroid condition as well and it also came back negative.

Finally she was tested for several neurological disorders. Unfortunately these test are going to take a couple of weeks for the results to come back. So now we just get to wait.....again.

We are very happy that everything came back normal, but we would really like an answer. It's like we want everything to be fine, but something needs to come back positive. That way we know what caused her eye problem and we can fix it. Until then....we wait.....again.