Day 3 of Tests

Today Jia was scheduled for exploratory surgery at 6:30 a.m.  They called last night to tell us it had been moved to 9:30 a.m.  We arrived at 9:30 went through the pre-op stuff and didn't go back until 12:30.  Jia was wonderful.  She whined before we went over that she was hungry and thirsty but didn't complain much at all after that.  Again, the staff was incredible.  They gave her baby doll a hospital bracelet like Jia's and even put a bandage on her baby's wrist that looked like the IV Jia had when she woke up.  Jia got a little upset when she had to breathe in the gas but was asleep within 10 seconds.  It's soooo hard to watch your little girl be put to sleep like that. 

The change in schedule messed up her kidney ultrasound that was scheduled for 1:00.  I talked to them and they actually had an ultrasound tech come up and do the ultrasound in the recovery room so that we could leave immediately after she was fully awake.  I cannot say how impressed I am with them here.  They work together to do what is best for the child.  If they had not done that we would've had to get her dressed, go to another department, check-in, wait to be called back, and then wait for the technician.  This way I held her while she was still groggy and they did the whole thing in about 10 minutes.

After the surgery, we met with the doctors and got not-so-great news.  Jia will have to have a pretty major surgery in the next few months.  We will probably wait until the summer.  She will be in the hospital for a minimum of 11 days.  They will do a lot of internal work that will correct a lot of what the surgeons in China did.  This will not correct everything but will help her systems to work better.  During that time in the hospital she will not have anything to eat or drink by mouth, only through a tube.  YUCK--that is not going to be fun.

On a much happier note, my mom and boys arrived today!  They came a day early to avoid the snow that may come tomorrow.  I am thankful they made it safely and the girls were so excited to see them.  Now, we just have to get them back home on Monday when they are calling for more snow!