Claira burped today! Why is that a big deal you ask? Well ... 1 week after her heart surgery, she had a feeding tube placed directly into her stomach so we could force food into her body. During the surgery she had a fundoplication, which means that her stomach was wrapped around her esophagus. The hope with this procedure was to keep Claira from vomitting her, so desperately needed, nutrition. The bad side is that she couldn't vomitt if she had a virus, and ... she couldn't burp! We were told it would start to loosen up in a few years, and that she'd be fully restored by the time she was an adult. The first few days after her procedure were miserable for her while we learned how to manually burp her, even though her tummy was very full of gas. After her mickey button was removed, there was no way to relieve the gas or "back-up" except to wait for her body to move it the other direction!
So ... now do you understand our excitement? She burped!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
You're NOT Excused!
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Congratulations!! Hopefully, she won't think it's as funny as Aiden does and want to do it constantly. The child has learned to bounce to bring a burp up.
I haven't checked in for awhile and I see that I've missed a couple of posts. Yay for burping!
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You guys have such a sweet little girl. She is beautiful. I am glad she can burp. The things we take for granted are so precious to others.
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