Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Bella's 1st and hopefully last surgery!!


Good morning sunshine!
Good thing you don't know what's happening later!!






Our sweet Bella had a colonoscopy with biopsy and enzyme studies and a endoscopy with biopsy's and studies all at the same time. Poor thing went under ok but had a terrible time coming out of anesthesia. She screamed for about a hour:( The nurses kept asking me what to do because her blood pressure was out of control, her pulse was too high and she couldn't keep her O2 levels high enough. I felt like telling them it was their job, I don't know how to help her. I felt so helpless. I warned them that anytime her bowels get stimulated or bothered she freaks out. Luckily after much walking and bouncing and praying, they let us come home.

So what did we find out after all that.... she is one of those rare babies that is "allergic" to breast milk (or the lactose in it). So we are going to try lactase drops and pray that helps her gut!!! Cross your fingers and hope it works or this momma is going to get even crazier!!

*AFTER* (not smiling)
*BEFORE*(smiling)

3 comments:

michaelangelo said...

What a cutie, even after an unpleasant experience like that. We sure hope things improve on the health front for our little cousin - at least she won't need breast milk all of her life. We're praying for your family!

Widdison said...

What a trooper! I hope everything gets better now. Love you guys!!

Jeff, Wendy, and Austin said...

hmm, maybe Austin was a rare one too..guess we will never know since he and I didn't get to experience the joy of breast feeding. Hope all is well, sure loved playin with her at Bear Lake.