We hope you all had a good three day weekend! We did. We got to take Payton for her first ride in a stroller today! They unplugged her for a while and we took her for a little tour inside the hospital. It was pretty great!
The whole weekend has been good, both for Payton and us. She has been getting stronger and is in a lot less pain from the stitches on her neck. Now all she is really fussy about are wet diapers and not being able to get some of the flem up that she still gets sometimes. She had lots of visitors this weekend, grandpas and grandmas, aunts and uncles, cousins, friends from church, and friends from work.
We would appreciate your prayers tomorrow (Tuesday) because she goes in to get her G Tube. It is a fairly simple operation, but she will have to go under anesthesia again. They also talked to us about possibly having to do another, slightly more complicated operation. One of the tests they did on her was to check for acid reflux. She has a very mild reflux, so they don't think that they will have to do it, but there is still a chance that they will. This operation involves a longer incision (about 3 inches) on her abdomen to allow them to wrap her stomach around her esophagus. I don't really understand it, but this will help prevent reflux. They will decide this in the morning before she goes in to get her G Tube, which is a very small incision (less than a half inch). Since she only has mild reflux, they most likely won't elect to do this operation tomorrow, but, rather, wait and see how she does. We would appreciate your prayers for her not to have to have this other operation. Obviously, if it's something she needs, we would do it, but we are praying that even the little amount of reflux she has now will decline, and that she would not need the other operation. (I'm sorry that I keep calling it the "other operation", but I can't remember the really long name of it.)
Thank you for praying! What a priviledge to join our Savior in intercession! This looks like it could be one of the last hurdles that we will have to jump over before we can think about coming home. I think that we will still be here for about two more weeks, but I don't think that there will be any other operations after tomorrow and possibly the "other operation".
5 comments:
I've been thinking about you guys a lot today. This is good news! We'll continue to pray. I'll try giving you a call tomorrow night.
Love you!
Sara
Praying with you that the other operation will NOT be necessary and that Tuesday's operation will go well and that you can go home SOON!!!!! We pray for you daily!
much love,
Josh and Tammy Hunt
Heather & Aaron,
Praying that all will go well with the G-tube today, and that the other operation will NOT be necessary. I praise the Lord for the continued good reports, and keep praying that you will be able to come home soon. We can't wait to meet Payton! I was thinking of you guys a lot yesterday - I threw Brian a birthday party, and kept thinking that it would have been great if you could have been there as well.
We love you!
Karen & Brian Johnston
Aaron and Heather (and Payton of course),
It was so wonderful seeing the three of you on Sunday. We continue to lift you up daily and thank the Lord for your friendship. We cannot wait to see you soon here in EC.
We Love you guys,
The Selvig's
This is to say HI and you are still in our prayers. We are encouraged for you guys and Payton.
We trust that things went well the last two days and you will soon be able to bring your little girl home.
We love you,
Dennis and Jan
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