Big news from the hospital!
Ffion is due to have her operation on Tuesday!
We went in to chat to the surgeon this afternoon who explained she'd scheduled Ffion for surgery on Tuesday. She's going to have a 'pyeloplasty' which effectively means cutting out the obstructed bit of ureter piping from the kidney and joining the two normal bits back together. They will then put a stent in the tube for about 6 weeks to keep it open as the stitches heal, which will then need another operation to remove.
She's first on the list for Tuesday at about 8.30am and the operation will probably take about 4 hours. As with any surgery, it's not without its risks. The surgeon has been very upfront with us and explained that until now the youngest child she's performed this surgery on was 2 months old but she's happy to do it. The reason for doing it so soon is that Ffion needs to have her nephrostomy bag removed due to the risk of infection and something permanent has to be done in its place. We have had all the possible alternatives explained to us in case the surgery doesn't go according to plan but thankfully have been told the risks are small. She will probably go straight to Paediatric Intensive Care for a day or so afterwards due to the length of the operation.
Ffion now seems to be starting to gain weight a little every day which is great news. She was really awake today, her colour looks good, she's waking up for her feed and everyone is commenting that she looks much more like a normal baby rather than a poorly one.
Although we're obviously going to be concerned on Tuesday, I'm glad we're getting the obstruction removed because it gives the doctors chance to assess what the kidney can do with all its surrounding bits working properly and it feels like we're making progress.
Fraser enjoyed his trip to see "Bebby Ffion" today (Hooray for playrooms on children's wards!!).
Sally
No comments:
Post a Comment