Kadyn and I were called back to Interventional Radiology at about 9:00 Monday morning. We walked into a large Operating Room and immediately Kadyn was nervous. I told the radiologists she had not had pain meds of any kind. They assured me this was a routine procedure. The track in her stomach was well established, so they would pull the old tube and insert a new one...easy as that! Luckily, I was able to stay with her during the procedure and we watched the screen of her belly as they tried inserting, reinserting, removing, conferring, (repeating) for over an hour. Kadyn had some choice words for the "radiologies", as she called them. I just wish I could remember them. Finally, they told me they were going to have to take a CT Scan to figure out why the tube would not go back in. This is where things started to speed up....
CT scan was taken
Radiologists showed me the scan and explained that there appeared to be a tear in the track and some leakage from her cecum into her system. He explained that Kadyn would need be admitted, put on IV antibiotics and Infectious Disease would be in to see us. Another lady was there who told me the GI team was notified and we needed to go to admissions to get checked in, a room was ready for us.
Sitting in admissions, Kadyn began to be in a lot of pain. We had to wait for over an hour for our room and during that time the pain continually increased.
Once in her room, teams of doctors came in asking me the same questions over and over again and evaluating Kadyn. Each time someone looked at her stomach the bloating had increased and her coloring decreased. Once I had finished talking to floor doctors, surgeons, GI team, and Infectious Disease doctors, the surgeons came back in and told me Kadyn was showing signs of infections. They would need to operate on her right away.
The surgeon explained they had to find the hole and repair it. They would try to stay laparoscopically, but if they could not find the hole they would have to open her up to find and repair it. She went into surgery and prayers went up!
So many people were lifting Kadyn up in prayer and we felt every single one of them. We knew there was nothing we could do but pray and God was taking care of her. In our eyes, a miracle happened. They were able to stay laparoscopically, clear what they saw as leakage, and put a new button in her track so we could continue our home clean outs. We really could not have received better news.
Kadyn got out of the hospital on Thursday evening. I can't believe I am saying this, but she looks better than she has in months! Koy and Kadyn caught up on their sleep in a hotel Thursday night. Kadyn is still cautious of her belly and her new button, but starting Friday she was running and playing like usual.
We believe in the power of prayer and that miracles do happen. Our baby girl was sick and getting sicker by the minute. God healed her and we have all of you who sent your positive thoughts and prayers to thank. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
We love all of you very very much!
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