Today has been a good day and Kylie did great. I would have had this posted sooner, but somehow I lost my complete update earlier. I will give you an idea of how our day progressed today. At about 9am this morning, radiology came to get Kylie from her hospital room and took her down for the placement of the motility catheter. The motility catheter is a flexible plastic tube that was placed in her colon. She was sedated for this procedure which took about 30 minutes or so. Following the placement of the catheter, we were walked down to the motility clinic. We were placed in a special motility testing room which we spent most of the day in. The nurse hooked Kylie's catheter up to a special machine with a computer. The catheter had holes at regular spaces that measured the pressure in different areas of her colon with water. They wanted Kylie's sedation to wear off so that she would be awake for the remainder of the study. So, after about two hours, she began to wake up. And by three hours into the study, they wanted to observe the contractions of her colon by having her eat lunch. I found it so interesting that even though her large intestine is not hooked up, a full stomach still produces contractions. About an hour after lunch, they gave her some medicine through her catheter so that they could watch the contractions with the medicine.
The great part about the test today is that Kylie was not confined to her bed for the test. We were able to hold her and she was able to sit up and play. We did have to keep her as still as possible, but it was such a blessing that she didn't have to lay down for the entire test. The test itself was not at all painful. However, she experienced a small amount of cramping following the medicine that was given through the catheter.
At about 3:00 this afternoon, the motility doctor came into the room and said that they had enough information to complete this part of the study. Originally, we were told the test would last until 5:00. So, we were thrilled to be done 2 hours earlier than expected.
They will complete the study tomorrow morning with a test called anorectal manometry. She will most likely be sedated for this test which can last up to 2 hours or so. Following this test, the doctor will sit down with us and present the results and all of the findings of the motility study.
Thank you so much for upholding Kylie in prayer today!
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We appreciate so much you taking the time to keep us informed like this. And praise the Lord that she wasn't in much pain during this procedure and even got to sit up and play. We continue to hold you up in prayer for healing.
Jill, praying for you & your entire family during this time of testing, waiting and trusting our Sovereign Father! Thanks for the updates, it helps us know how to specifically be lifting your family up to our Lord! Continuing to pray for rest for each of you & healing!
Thank you so much for sharing how the testing is going. We're praying for you! Love, Cristy
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