It's a go for surgery!

This morning we buckled Wyatt in his car seat, loaded him into the ambulance and took him back to Hopkins for a clinic appointment with Dr. Abdullah, his surgeon. Dr. Abdullah examined Wyatt and said that he would like to do surgery next week to place a g-tube in him. He is going to try the peg method which is not as invasive as normal g-tube surgery. Bascially in laymen's terms, the surgeon will insert a tube with a light down Wyatt's mouth to his stomach. The light will shine through his skin and the feeding tube will be placed. It's much more complicated than my description and Dr. Abduallh's explaination sounds fanicer than mine. I have to say, Wyatt has the coolest surgeons in the world. Dr. Abdullah and Dr.Chandler are so nice and understanding and they make everything sound so easy. They take their time with Wyatt and have our interests in mind. They always say that the parents know best and include us in all their conversations. If the PEG method does not work (since Wyatt's stomach may be hard to get to) then he will go home on the ng tube with a night shift nurse until we can bottle feed. Mt. Washington just called while I was putting Chloe to bed and said that Wyatt is now on IV fluids since he just spit up brown coffee grinds which means old blood... probably from the ng tube scraping the lining of his stomach.... boy do we need the g-tube!!! Because of him going on and off of IV fluids, Wyatt lost 1/2 pound and now weighs exactly 12lbs. Also, the Dr.Abdullah and Margy, PA is in agreement that Wyatt needs to taste something other than yucky reflux spit-up, so it is suggested that Wyatt's pacifer is dipped in tasty formula so he can begin to associate taste to be something good and not bad spit up all the time.

Also, today Wyatt's CDH friend Jack was in the newspaper. He is a superstar!!! Jack's parents are organizing a blood drive on March 31st which is CDH Awareness Day from 2-8pm. Click here to read the article- JACK's Newspaper article Jack's article reminds me so much of Wyatt. They have the same doctors and I can relate so easily to what Vicki said about her son Jack, his doctors, and his experience at Hopkins. We are so happy that Jack is doing so well!!

In other CDH news, baby Ned had a successful heart surgery and came off the vent for a few hours today!! Ned's mom description of holding her child for the first time is very touching. I can relate and remember the feelings I had, which were similar when I held Wyatt for the first time (which is captured on video camera). Click here for Ned's blog.

Also, Baby Liviana came home today for the first time ever!!! I can't wait to have the feeling of everyone under one roof... I hope soon to relate. Click here for baby Liviana blog.

Reading about other CDH babies shows me how far Wyatt has come. We are so lucky and fortunate. What a blessing Wyatt is to us...our lives are so much richer because of him.

ps- Thank you McDaniel College... we appreciate your thoughtfulness.