Emergency Surgery Last Night

It seems that the excitement never ends around here. The surgery that was scheduled for Monday became an emergency surgery last night. We knew that Kylie was at a high risk of prolapsing again. However, Kaycee and I worked hard this week to keep her somewhat calm--no activities that would push the intestine out. Every time she started to cry real hard or have a fit, we had to remind her to settle down so that she wouldn't push her stoma out.

Last night after we had eaten supper, Kylie told me she was going to go potty. She has just started to like closing the bathroom door. Well, last night, I heard her lock the door which she has never done before. Next thing we know, she is locked in the bathroom and absolutely hysterical. I ran outside to try to talk to her through the window and walk her through unlocking the door. She could not calm down enough to listen to me at all. Next thing we know, we are sending Carson through the tiny window to go and unlock the door for Kylie. Thankfully, he knew exactly what to do! But the force of her crying made her prolapse. She started turning pale almost right away and wanted to lay down.

We quickly packed a few things and took off for Children's. We arrived at about 7:15. Dr. Cusick was the ped. surgeon on call. He tried to push the approximate 4 inches of intestine back in as they had been successful in doing last Friday. However, she was really fighting it this time and very uncomfortable. Dr. Cusick decided that it would be best just to take her to surgery and reconnect her instead of waiting until Monday. He put a call into Dr. Abdessalam, the surgeon who was off last night but has done almost all of her previous operations just to let him know what was happening. Out of the kindness of his heart, he offered to come in and help Dr. Cusick. We were overwhelmed with his generosity. So, together, the two of them reconnected Kylie's small intestine to her large intestine, removed her appendix, and did a scar revision on her old stoma site. Again, we stand amazed at how the Lord worked out every detail! The surgery went wonderfully. She went back about 9:15pm and the surgeons came out at 11pm saying that they were done.

Kylie had a good night and has been very comfortable this morning so far. She is on a morphine drip to keep her comfy. They already want us to get her up today and help her walk around the room. We just requested a wagon so that we can begin with helping her sit up and get her out for a little ride here soon.