Ask them about doing a blood patch to DeAngela's spine.
The reason i say this is that I when I was being diagnosed for MS, I had to have a spinal tap. In most people, the hole in your spinal cord heals right up, in some people it doesn't. I had the lumbar puncture on Thursday, and suffered with a leak until the following Tuesday..and I drank tons of coca cola as suggested. The pain DeAngela is feeling is her brain slamming into the bottom of her skull, because there's not enough fluid there to "float" her brain.
My doctor finally admitted there was some sort of problem, and sent me back to the hospital for a blood patch.
What they did: They numbed up the skin (OUCH)on my back where the needle for the spinal tap went in. They drew about a tablespoon of blood from my arm, made me assume a very tight fetal position on the examining table, and injected the blood back into my spinal cord, in or near the original hole.
Yeah, the novacaine shot hurt, but it does not hurt as bad as having your brain hit the bottom of your skull everytime you sit or stand up..believe me...
The effect was instantaneous. I sat up a minute later and was all better. I had to take it real easy for a day, as from what I understand, the blood patch basically forms a scab over the hole in your spinal cord, and you have to take it easy or the patch can become dislodged. For a few weeks afterward, when I'd stand up, I'd hear the sound of the ocean in my ears, but I was okay with that. Then the fluid re-built itself, and that went away.
Just a suggestion, made from experience. Beautiful baby, that one! Congrats! Hope mom feels better soon!