Khloe Marion Poulson
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Khloe Update Days 137 through 144...Post surgery and many heart felt thank yous!
I'm sure everyone has been anxious to hear about the surgery since my last post and now your wait is over. Monday, Khloe had her surgery for her Gastrostomy Tube (G-tube). Shelbie and I were nervous and on edge all morning. The surgery was scheduled for noon at Primary Children's so Shelbie and I were there around 9 so we could snuggle with her before she was sedated and intubated. We didn't want to leave her, so we stayed for the intubation and it was so sad. I've never heard my little girl cry like that and I got pretty teary eyed listening to it. The flight came about 11 to get her ready to go and they were told to have her there precisely at 12 so when the time came we were on our way and we got to the bottom level when the flight team was told it was pushed back to 12:30 so we headed back to the NICU where the doctor performing the surgery told us there was some miscommunication and they were now doing the surgery right in the NICU and it had been pushed back to 2:00. Shelbie was very upset, but I was relieved that we could stay there. The surgery was a very quick procedure and only took about 7 to 10 minutes to perform, but with all the preperations the whole wait was an hour to and hour and a half. It all went very smooth and Khloe was knocked out for the rest of the day. She was extrubated around 10 PM after we left and she has been doing very well. She is pretty much back to her old self and they have stopped giving her Tylenol for the pain and she has managed it really well according to Shelbie and has been just a little fussy. Khloe is sick of being on her back. She is so used to being held and snuggled, but we can't do any of that right now so she gets pretty angy. They started off slowly increasing her milk every 3 hours and she is now getting her full feed through the tube and Wednesday, they will start offering her the bottle again. To most people the thought of her feeding tube is kind of scary and it is to me and Shelbie too, but it will be a good thing because she is just not up to par when it comes to being bottle fed and we are told that if her eye appointment goes well on Wednesday, we could possibly taker her home this weekend so cross your fingers. We are excited to finally be able to see the end of this whole journey and can't wait to go home. We have had so many experiences with no shortage of blessings and we want to thank everyone who has been there for us physically and spiritually. So many of you have been praying for our family and those prayers have been felt every day. Many have brought us food and donated money and all of it has gone to a good cause and been much appreciated. Shelbie, Khloe, and myself are so lucky to have such loving and caring family and friends. Thank you all for everything.
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