Surgery Tomorrow

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted-our internet has been down! Andrew is having an upper GI today in hopes that they will see where the problem is. The last one just showed slow movement-but no specific problem area. He is scheduled for exploratory surgery tomorrow. There is some problem that is causing his feeding intolerance. They think it may be a narrowing of the intestine or bowel at some point. So, they are going to go in tomorrow morning and try to take care of it. Hopefully, the upper GI will show something so they will have an idea of where to look.

We met with one of the neonatologists yesterday and he went over all of Andrew's head ultrasounds and the CT scan. The short version of a pretty long meeting is that at one point Andrew's ventricles were HUGE-it was a very scary picture-which was very alarming. It was at that point we were told he would need a shunt. Since that scan, the ventricle ratio had gone down and seems to have leveled out. That is good news. At this point, it is not a certain that he will need a shunt. We will have to meet with the neurosurgeon again to discuss the recent ultrasounds and get another CT scan. So-keep praying!! I told the doctors that we had a lot of people praying for Andrew and that was the reason for the improvement.

Matthew and Anna Kate are doing well. Both boys are over 6lbs and Anna Kate is 4lb 10 oz. Anna Kate is taking all of her feedings by bottle and Matthew is taking 2 out of 3 by bottle. She has an eye exam on Thursday and if all goes well-she will go home after that. Matthew will probably not be far behind. So, this weekend should be an exciting one.