Kade had another procedure done today. Surgery placed a catheter into the stoma to redirect the output down to his lower intestines. You are probably thinking "What does that mean?" Long story short, they want to get him to poop! The stoma is too high for his gut to absorb everything that is going in, so once it comes out of the stoma, it is getting put back in to his lower intestines which equals poop out of his bottom. The procedure was at 2 pm and we had poop by 6 pm! Again, praying for poop! Another great sign that everything is working as it is supposed to.
We are not sure if Monday will be our discharge day, but it hopefully will be soon. We will go home. Madonna said that Kade is too complex for them, so they are sending him home with us-go figure! We have had our 7 week crash course in medical care. No seriously, we feel confident that we can handle it. The nurses take every opportunity to train us, plus we will have someone to help from time to time.
We pray that today's procedure allows us to stay on track of going home. I made the mistake of telling Hanna that Kade will be home in 6 days Tuesday night, and then had to tell her that it may be more this morning. Of course she asked, "Why?" I told her that the Doctors can't make up their mind, and without a second thought she shot back, "Well, they better get it figured out!" I couldn't agree more :-)
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Goodmorning Loseke's!!! Just wishing you all a good Thurs. and hope we had some poop this morning. You know your son will read this someday MOM and DAD and give you crap for this last message. No pun intended. HAHA
ReplyDeleteNaw seriously, I do hope Mr. Kade had a great night and I am totally laughing at Hanna's comment. That is SO something you'd say Allison. Love you all and keeping my figures and toes crossed that you will all be home sometime next week!!! It would be AWESOME to have your little man home for his birthday!! Take Care
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Laura, Keaton and Makenna
Hope you all had a great, restful night. Sounds like you've learned to operate on HT (Hospital Time). Go Hanna! Way to put those doc's feet to the fire! Thank you so much for updating...we haven't stopped thinking of you all. Seven weeks is too long to be in the hospital, but thank You God for such a wonderful staff and facility. Hopefully you'll be heading West soon!
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Curtis, Rachel, Will, Cambria, and Abigail S.
It's so great to hear that Kade is doing so well, and you will be going home soon! We are always thinking of you and praying for you! Love, Kendal, Jodi, Christian, Jordan, & Jackson
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought that you'd have all of your friends praying for poop? You Losekes, you! :) So glad to hear that Kade will be home soon...Been thinking about you all so much and pray that things continue down the path to healthiness! Love, Megan and Dutch
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