April 22, 2010

What a long day it has been. Gabrielle made it through the surgeries and the surgeon said both when good. When we finally made it back to the recovery room she was already awake and playing with her baby doll and blankets. She has not appeared to be in any pain up to this point.

Here is the breakdown of what has taken place. Gabrielle had the Nissen surgery, G-Tube surgery, epidural, catheter, and another IV. The PICC Line people do not like for the anesthesia people to use the PICC Line during surgery, so they had to place an IV in her foot. When talking about pain medication the surgeon and anesthesiologist recommended that Gabrielle get an epidural to control her pain instead of the standard narcotics through the IV. They said that when the epidurals work properly they are much better for CF patients since the narcotics would affect her breathing and the health of her lungs. Since the epidural numbs a lot of stuff Gabrielle needed a catheter since she would not know when her bladder was full. The Nissen surgery was an open surgery so she had an incision about 3 inches long running from her rib cage to her belly button. All the stitches where placed on the inside and surgical tape was used on the outside. The G-Tube was place and in about 3 weeks it will be changed out with a Mic-key button (www.mic-key.com), this can be done in the doctor’s office.

Ashley and I thank you for all the prayers and the continued prayers.

In Christ,

Jeff, Ashley, and Gabrielle