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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Decisions...

Just to give you an idea, this is what Mastitis looks like and it hurts as bad as it looks. So glad it's on the mend if my lack of fever says anything.

All that aside, the surgeon called Justin this morning and lent some clarity as well as laid out some options. Here are the key points:

1. The barium actually went past the point where they had joined the two ends.

2. Still nothing a truck could go through, as Justin put it, but the fact that she had a few smudges makes them wonder if the barium did break something up.

3. Her emesis has cleared up.

Here are the choices:

1. Try doing feeds one more time and see if it works itself out.

2. Surgery tomorrow to fix it.

If we opt for the feeds instead of surgery and it doesn't work, surgery wont happen until after next week when the surgeon rotates back on. Worst that could happen though is she ends up with the tube in her stomach again. Our concern with surgery is if they remove more intestine will she have problems with absorption and such. It looks like an obvious choice, but we plan to pray about it and really give it some thought. Weigh the options and such. We will let you know.



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