Kaelyn came out of surgery yesterday around 12:30 pm. The IR Docs were able to get the stent through the stenosis and into her intestines. They did the angio (balloon) dilitation and opened up the blockage. The rest of her bile ducts still look great. That is music to my ears! They say that this tube should not clog up as easily as with her last liver because of the way the bile ducts look. There should be little to no sluffing and so less icky stuff to clog up the tube. The plan is to change the tube once a month (which was the plan with the last liver, but we could never make it that long). Hopefully all will go as planned. She was discharged from the hospital this afternoon and we are now home. She is having some pain from the procedure but is doing better today than she was last night.
Good news!
Angie
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Cholangiogram and tube placement
So, Kaelyn is currently in IR for her cholangiogram and tube placement. They are planning on doing the balloon thing through the blockage today. So hopefully that goes well. She has been in surgery for about an hour and a half right now. Usually it only takes an hour. It always makes me a little nervous when things start going longer than normal.
Halloween was so much fun last night! Jacob was a veterinarian and Kaelyn was a mermaid princess. They looked so good! I did get some pictures, but cannot find my USB connector for the cammera...hopefully I will find it soon so I can start posting pictures again. Kaelyn has changed so much since her transplant. She has so much hair! I actually gave her bangs a little trim a couple of weeks ago, her first haircut! She was so happy! She said, "mommy, that didn't even hurt!" I think she was a little nervous of the scissors coming so close to her fore head. She is such a cute doll. And Jacob is just growing up so fast. His teacher says that he is such a great kid in class and that he is an example to all of his classmates! He is learning to read and write! I love 1st grade! It's so fun to see him sit down and try and read a book. I loves to write on white boards and put little messages on them. The last one he did was I love mom. Melt my heart!!!
I will try and post later today to let you all know how it went.
Angie
Halloween was so much fun last night! Jacob was a veterinarian and Kaelyn was a mermaid princess. They looked so good! I did get some pictures, but cannot find my USB connector for the cammera...hopefully I will find it soon so I can start posting pictures again. Kaelyn has changed so much since her transplant. She has so much hair! I actually gave her bangs a little trim a couple of weeks ago, her first haircut! She was so happy! She said, "mommy, that didn't even hurt!" I think she was a little nervous of the scissors coming so close to her fore head. She is such a cute doll. And Jacob is just growing up so fast. His teacher says that he is such a great kid in class and that he is an example to all of his classmates! He is learning to read and write! I love 1st grade! It's so fun to see him sit down and try and read a book. I loves to write on white boards and put little messages on them. The last one he did was I love mom. Melt my heart!!!
I will try and post later today to let you all know how it went.
Angie
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