-----Original Message----- >From: Terre Krotzer <terrek@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Last Monday she had it repaired. When the surgery was over, the >surgeon told us, "Well, she had all sorts of things up there!" I >was thinking, "her slinky, her beads, a balloon... all her >favorite toys stashed away!!!" Apparently part of her small >intestine and bowel had wandered north as well. Her doctor said, >"Well, those parts are slippery!" I guess her brother has been >holding her upside down too much!=20 TOO FUNNY! >Anyway, she and I spent Monday - Thursday in the hospital. She >was in a lot of pain the first 24 hours but really came through >the surgery like a trooper. It amazes me how strong and resilient >she is. We're home now and she's recovering nicely. Apparently >the surprising thing about this is that it had not been >discovered earlier and that it didn't cause her any pain or >obvious discomfort. The doctor also moved her g-tube while she >was in there because it was resting so close to her ribs and >sometimes leaked underneath. Wow, so glad she doing well. What a great thing they found this tho. We don't have any experience with either of these things....but I'm keeping them in my brain file! Thanks for the update Terre. We'd love to see picture of your gorgeous daughter! Smiles, Chris (mama to Mari, full T18, dob 8/24/01) Tipp City, OH 45371 http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/misstippcity/my_photos http://home.earthlink.net/~loganfamily/id1.html http://www.benotafraid.net/story.asp?id=38 http://web.coehs.siu.edu/Grants/TRIS/ Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line