Ally was a total champ today during her procedure. It took them a long time to find a site for her IV- unfortunately they had to stick her three times before they got it on the fourth try. It was torture for us both and I hated subjecting her to that. She was a trooper though and survived with minimal tears- thankfully I brought her faithful friend Lily Mae to comfort her.
The entire procedure took about 20 minutes. The doctor came to the waiting room to talk to us and told us that other than some thickening at the top of her windpipe (which is very indicative of reflux) everything looks healthy. Her esophagus, stomach and small intestine all looked normal and he expects the biopsies that he took to support his visual findings. While this is very good news, I'm a little disappointed- I sort of wish that he would have found something simple that we could fix. Now we're just stuck with trying to tweak the medication until she grows out of the reflux stage. Still, we're very thankful to have such a healthy little girl.
She was very slow to wake up from the anesthesia and we had a few nervous moments because her pulse ox dipped to 62% at one point (it should have been 93% or higher) and her heart rate shot up at the same time. They had to put her on an oxygen mask for a while and gradually step the oxygen down until she was getting enough on her own. When she finally woke up- over an hour after the procedure was completed- she was very groggy and cranky but she was very happy to see her mommy once the double vision cleared. ;-) Her voice is pretty scratchy since she had a breathing tube down her throat and she seemed to really enjoy a bottle full of water.
After we were released from the hospital she fell back to sleep in the car on the way home and didn't even wake up when I transferred her into her crib. I'm hoping she'll sleep the rest of the drugs off this afternoon and be back to her normal cheery self in time for her daddy's return tomorrow.
Thanks for thinking of us and checking in!
Wendy
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Yay!! I'm so glad that the procedure went well and that Ally was such a trooper! Now everyone can battle the reflux until it goes 'bye bye'!
Maybe being a SAHM will do the trick? You'll be the only one monitoring her. Both of you won't be stressed about leaving the other, etc... Michele Mecca
Glad to hear it went well....sorry that there wasn't something to fix.. just have to wait it out... gotta hate that.
Welcome Home Matt! Hugs, Jana and Crew
Glad to hear that Ally is a healthy girl. She'll kick the habit - I know you are ready. I'm glad the family is back together again. It always helps when two are around.
Love ya.
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