[tri-med] Keren's home from fundo/g-tube surgery

It's always so wonderful to come home!  Keren had her fundo and g-tube 
surgery on Wednesday and we were able to come home yesterday--so much 
better than the week we spent at the hospital when she had her jaw 
surgery!  All went smoothly, and we even ended up in a private room 
which was a dream in and of itself (as far as dream hospital stays can 
go!).  Keren's thriving, and just to show me that she's definitely 
doing well she ate some rice cereal this afternoon with no signs of 
stress, and pretty good signs of enjoyment :) !

We also were able to get her achilles' tendon nicked on her club foot 
at the same time, which was good, but unfortunately we weren't able to 
get the rest of her jaw hardware removed.  Blah.  The most annoying 
thing about that was that the reason we had waited this long for the 
surgery was so that Keren's jaw doctor and ped. surgeon could do both 
things the same day.  Her jaw doctor backed out the day before because, 
"the surgery would be too long for Keren and she (the doctor) hadn't 
realized we were getting a g-tube and  fundo."  Hello!!!!  I saw her 
write that down!!!!  I mean, I understand not putting Keren through too 
much at once, but that means another hospital stay in a month and more 
anesthesia and more waiting....  This doctor is great at her work, and 
very careful about her patients' well-being, but she also has this 
thing about sharing her time with other doctors.  Oh the joys!

Well, for now we're home and get to look forward to a family wedding in 
early June and a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Warnemuende!

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, 7 mo. and counting! :) )
http://webpages.eng.wayne.edu/~ad6075


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