Abby is still not doing well....

It's 6:30 right now on Saturday Morning. Kelly and I have had a rough night. Abby has continued to throw up her saliva. She's done it well over 20 times. She hates to do it too and tries so hard not to, but eventually it all builds up in her little mouth and she's forced to spit it out. It's not really even a spit, but at this point, her mouth is so full that she just opens it, gags and it just pours out. Spitting it out would actually be an option I suppose, but don't forget that Abby doesn't know how to spit because she hasn't learned how to fully use the muscles in her mouth. So when all of this saliva accumulates, she has no idea how to handle it, other than to gag and retch.

What gives? We got this fundo so that nothing would come back up, but now our problem is that nothing is getting into her stomach at all. Huh? Of course we asked our nurse this question who in turn paged the on call doc. We were told that the passage way from her esophagus to her stomach may very well be blocked right now because of the swelling from the surgery. Well isn't that just swell. So I'm thinking, when we got the whole "what to expect in recovery" low down from the docs, this would have been a good tip to let us in on....don't ya think? I mean....throw us a stinkin' bone here. That was a good answer actually and much better than what was running through our heads. Since nobody threw us the forementioned bone, Kelly and I were sitting here thinking the worst....which was that the stitches from the fundo surgery were torn or something.

(For the record, my sarcasm is to be taken lightly. We have nothing but love and respect for the docs and nurses and the care we've gotten here)

Anyway, the swelling should go down after a day or two. In the meantime, she is getting Morphine every three hours to help her rest, but she is still very very uncomfortable and in pain.

So keep the prayers going friends. We're praying for the swelling to go down and a quick recovery. We hate, absolutely hate seeing her in pain and we just want her back home as soon as possible.

-Abby's Management