One More Day?

The mantra we are getting around here is 'Just one more day', then we can go home. It is that elusive 'tomorrow that never comes'. Of course it is Khyle who will dictate when we go home, but NOT TODAY.

His stomach was distended again this morning, so they stopped his feeds and put him back on the drip. There are lots of theories but basically Khyle's digestive system has not acclimatized post-surgery. He needs to eat & poop, eat & poop. But he gets constipated, starts spitting up, tummy swells, must stop food and wait, give enema and wait some more.

So at DAY 19 we are still waiting....

I am so glad I slept home on Sunday night. Maya clung to me like 'white on rice' like they say and it did my heart good to love on her and be loved in return. Quincy is back to work tomorrow, thus I am the full regiment tonight. Well me Jesus, God & the Holy Ghost that is :)

Keep the prayers coming friends, thanks!

Tummy Trouble

Okay, I was preparing a much more desperate post--Khyle's tummy was hugely swollen and we had to take a x-ray this morning & things did not sound good at all but some relief has come. I interrupted that post because GI came to examine him & miraculously his stomach was almost back to normal and very soft. Pheww!!

A doctor from the general surgery team was in earlier and explained that the x-ray revealed that his larger intestine is 'very enlarged' and it could 'rupture' and they would have an OR prepped for him 'just in case'. She said it very matter-of-factly but I began to get this feeling that maybe I was being 'punked' or I was in an episode of the Twilight zone. Certainly no one was suggesting 3 surgeries in 5 days!!!

Yeah but no less than 8 doctors have been in here to assess him since I started this post, the pediatric surgeon thinks he looks good and may resume food this evening. Until then he will be on IV drip.

Well please continue to pray over his digestive system for all to work well and for him to be eating again soon.