Here we go…

The day has arrived. We are heading up to Milwaukee early and she will be headed into the OR at 11:00 am.  There will be 4 doctors present all with a different agenda.  The anesthesiologist (cardiac), the GI doc, the ENT and our cardiologist.  Gabi will first have an ECHO done which is completely painless and easy but she needs to be sedated so they threw this in while she is under general anesthesia. They do want to check her heart function before they procede.  If all is OK, she will undergo a larangeal (sp?) endoscopy which will assess her airway, weak vocal chord, weak palate and crooked artynoids.  That will take about an hour and will be done by the ENT surgeon. Finally the third hour miss Gabi will undergo another procedure where I forgot the name.  The GI surgeon is going to take biopsies of her stomach lining to see if she has any ulcers, allergies… not sure what else.  He will also scope her small intestine and basically cover any upper and lower GI issues.

She is still vommitting quite a lot and it just doesn’t make sense.  There is no rhyme or reason to her vomits so we are anxious to get any results back.  I have a fear that they are not going to find anything.  Which I guess would be a good thing but poor little Gabi is miserable a lot of the time. I just would love to have an explanation and want to help her to eat.  She loves to put things in her mouth now, but most of  it just drools out her mouth because she is too afraid to swallow anything.

I have to say she is a trooper through all of this and so our all of our children.  Ethan Jr. is an incredibly anxious child and I can see him worry about Gabi even though he doesn’t quite understand his feelings. I do feel amazingly honored to be Gabi’s mother.  She may live to be beyond what all doctors predict or she may live a short life, either way she has made such an impact on our family… we are so blessed.

Say an extra prayer for Gabrielle as she undergoes these procedures.

Love to all and Happy September!

Teri