So today we had the small bowel follow-through. Talking to the radiologist after this procedure, he was asking if there was any family history of IBS, crohns disease, etc. He indicated that while the contrast was going through, it was going through very slowly.
The doc just came in tonight and we had a talk about possible scenarios. He still does not have a clear indication that he needs to operate. Again, the problem with operating is that each time you operate you can cause more adhesions. So he is still inclined to wait this thing out. He also said that she still is looking quite consipated and the barium also is going to cause constipation so it's important to get the bowels moving and get that stuff out. He is going to clamp off the NG tube to see how her pain does and also start administering enemas and stool softeners to get stuff going. He said sometimes you just can't be sure what is going on. It could have been a partial obstruction when we came in that just worked itself out, or any number of possibilities. The bad thing about this type of problem is that we must go in to get the pain controlled even though there may be nothing medically that they can fix, except in the worst case, performing surgery.
Yumi enjoyed a visit from Beckie and Olivia. I'll try to be more on top of taking pics of visits!
Oh, and we did request that we be moved to Pediatrics. But the doc told me he thinks Peds is full of H1N1 kids. So yeah, we don't want to be up there! We've been blessed last night and today with good nurses, so I think we're good here. God is Good!
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2 comments:
Thanks for the update! Wise decision to stay clear of Peds.
Mary
Thanks for the frequent updates (and better picture!) Hey can you e-mail me the pattern for the hat. When you get some time. I know that you are super busy. That is a pretty cool hat. I would like to make it for the girls so they can wear it one day and never wear it again!
-Aiko
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