I know I have talked with a lot of you about what has been going on with Abe. About 5 weeks ago we took Abe to Primary Children's ER since he was projectile vomiting and dehydrated. We spent 8 hours in a small room in the ER. In the room next to us there was a juvenile delinquent restrained and swearing loudly for 3 of the 8 hours. They hooked Abe up to fluids through an IV (which took 3 times to put in), did a catheter, and almost did a spinal tap. The worst part of all of this was that they wouldn't let us feed him. So, Abe screamed, and screamed and screamed. After numerous tests, they decided it was Pyloric Stenosis (which oddly enough my older sister and my nephew Koy had as tiny babies as well). They finally decided to admit him at 10:30pm (we had been there since 2pm) and put him on the surgery list for the next day. Since we were an add-on surgery they weren't really sure when the actual surgery would happen so they made us starve Abe until after the surgery. By the time they wheeled him away, he hadn't eaten for over 24 hours. The surgery was a success and we were able to give him extremely small amounts of glucose water and then formula--which didn't make Abe happy at all. Here are a couple pictures of Abe right before his surgery. Poor guy, he is so exhausted:
Even writing this blog, I don't want to re-live any of it, so I wanted to make this entry as short as possible. My mom and sisters have saved my sanity. Adam was in Korea for 2 weeks and my mom, Rachel and Dana tried to console both me and Abe during the last few weeks. I am so grateful for them. Breakdown after breakdown, they have helped me hour by hour.
It is now five long weeks after the surgery and Abe seems to be doing a bit better. He is a very smiley baby and we are so happy to have him in our lives:
By the way, I blame Primary Children's for Abe's new found ability to SCREAM. If this entry doesn't exactly make sense, I blame exhaustion. 
6 comments:
He is so stinking adorable! I wish we could have met him and held him last week.
Hang in there. We love you guys!
I don't want you to re-live it either. I am just pretending that we have normal babies from now on. You know-the ones that are happy and don't require surgery.
I am so sorry that your sweet little boy had to go through that. He is so sweet and I hope he continues to get better. It doesn't sound like it was a good experience for anyone. Take care of yourself. Hang in there.
Hi Katie,
I'm sorry that you and Abe have been through so much. Love you Katie!
I'm just glad he's doing better. After I saw you at your Mom's house, I was thinking I should have taken him for a day so you could sleep. The offer still stands.
I think that is one of the hardest things to do-have one of your babies in the hospital let alone have surgery. I am so glad your mom and sister were there to help you through it. What was adam doing in Korea? I am about 3 weeks away from having our little girl! I would love to see more pics of cute little Abe.
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