closure (or enough please)
Well, it seems that when Ronan and Nolan fell last week that Nolan’s g-tube site was pulled in a way that reopened the hole a bit. Quite a bit. It has been leaking enough for us to put a call in to the surgeons who told us it is time to get the thing closed once and for all. SO. Nolan has surgery scheduled for the 22nd (date may change but that’s what we believe now) to have them stitch up the hole. It is a simple enough surgery in many ways but will require him to be under general anesthesia. We should be able to take him home that day and I don’t believe there will be much post operative work to be done other than pain management.
It will be good to have this part of his NICU past finished, to not have to worry about leakage or wonder if it’s ok for him to swim. Having said that I will admit to feeling trepidation about the surgery though I am trying to focus on the positive so I don’t send my fear into the operating room with him.
He seems to finally be feeling better from his broken leg. Yesterday he walked around on it for the first time; he held my and Maymay’s hand, later graduating to only one hand. After several trips up and down Mimi and Dindin’s driveway I think the leg became tired or a little sore; he kept wanting to get down and walk but once on the ground wanted up again after trying a few steps. I am sure we will practice more today and hopefully build up his tolerance. We are all looking forward to him being able to move around on his own, he is a heavy little guy no matter what the scales say.
We will keep you posted on the official date for the surgery so you can send positive thoughts his way.
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Hurray for closure! could you please ask the surgeon if he could stitch up my assistant principal’s mouth while he’s at it? Maybe we could get a two for one deal. No anesthetic required, either. Seriously, though, for Nolan’s sake it will be worth it just to be able to go swimming. I know just the right lake too–in the Adirondacks…comes with its own teacher–me! Miss you guys.