Saturday, June 25, 2016

Sooo Surgery

Last week we took the babies (Rory and Anastasia) in for a well child check. Rory was the perfect picture of health. A little underweight but nothing Pedisure won't fix. Anastasia had a hernia that concerned the doctor. The doctor set her up with an appointment with a surgeon at Primary Children's Hospital for the following week. Their doctor is U of U affiliated but still she recommended Primary Children's since it's one of the best in the nation. (Or so I'm told).

Anastasia's appointment at Primary Children's was set up for early in the morning and it would have been difficult to bring all 3 children to the appointment. We we're able to spend the night at Char's folks' house the night before. Then they would watch Heidi and Rory while I took Anastasia to the hospital. 
We had a fun evening with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma got to buckets of water for Rory to splash in since it was so warm. (And it was fun to watch him splash around outside).He even tried to say "bubbles", it came out as "bobeels" which was cute. Grandpa and Heidi Anne went on a search for a plastic pool to play in. They were sadly unsuccessful. But Heidi had fun playing in the water, too. 
 We had a fun little barbecue. Grilled chicken sandwiches for Grandpa and me, hamburgers for Heidi and Grandma. After it cooled down a little Heidi and I went picking strawberries. We used them on our ice cream for dessert. 
Grandma worked on my genealogy with me and taught me indexing. Which is where you go through old records (like obituaries, school records,or old census reports) and note down the different people listed. That way if someone searches for their ancestors they will find these links showing evidence of their family. It's pretty cool that people take their time to track down and mark others family history, never knowing if it helps or not. But to just have someone noticed and not forgotten is pretty special. 
The next morning I left for Primary Children's and the car wouldn't start. I prayed and asked Grandpa to come help me out. I was stressed, worried, and running late. Fortunately, he got the car started. We we're barely on time so I used valet parking for the very first time. Bless valet parking. 

We knew about the belly button (umbilical hernia) and Charlie suspected the left inguinal hernia. We just didn't know how bad it was. We figured that it was causing her pain and discomfort.What we didn't know about was her right inguinal hernia. These inguinal hernias are bad because it's the lower intestine that's protruding out of the abdominal wall. Which can cause fecal matter to become trapped, causing the intestine to rupture. Translation, bad hernias to have.
According to the doctor the younger the preemie the higher the likelihood of them having hernias. Apparently, the body doesn't get to close all the holes nor get a chance to develop properly. Just like how her heart had 2 murmurs due to prematurity, she has 3 hernias due to how early she was born. 

She'll have surgery on all three hernias on August 2nd at Primary Children's. (Keep her in your prayers, thoughts, or good vibes that day). Since she is so small and a preemie she'll have to stay for observation overnight at the hospital. Because we live in Wyoming, I'll be allowed to room in with her, I'll sleep and stay with her so she isn't all alone. I know the nurses are wonderful but I've already spent too many nights away from her due to hospitalization. 

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