It turns out that Ethan's G-Tube hole has not healed. It seemed to heal quite nicely all the way up to when Ethan got violently ill in December. When he came down with the flu/Norwalk virus, he spent about 24 hours constantly vomiting. Apparently, the intense pressure this placed on his stomach basically reopened the hole. (Ethan did have his flu shot this year so if it was a flu, it was a different strain).
We took Ethan in to Children's to have them look at the hole just before Christmas. Their feeling was to give it another 6 weeks to see if it would re-heal.
It has not. In fact, as of now, it is leaking far more than it ever has ever since the G-Tube was first removed.
PASS clinic is scheduled for this coming Friday (early afternoon) and the surgery to close the hole is scheduled for this coming Tuesday (1/25/11, time: TBD). The surgery itself is a short 20 minute outpatient procedure, but due to past issues Ethan has had with intubation, he will most likely spend the night at Children's for observation. He should be home the next day (Wed., 1/26/11). Our M.O. for this will be the same: I will stay home with Jonathan, and Dina will stay at Children's with Ethan over night.
- bob
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