Meeting with the Doctor

This morning I heard the dreaded words we hate to hear, "Mrs. Hess, when can you and your husband meet to discuss your babies?" My stomach and heart just drop every time. We knew something was going on because Cooper had been throwing up since last night and even though they stopped his feedings he wasn't stopping. So, after waiting all day with that knot in my stomach we meet with Dr. Leigh at 5:30.

Both doctors start with the same thing, "Do you have questions about your babies?" or "How do you think your babies are doing?" After answering we get to hear their take on what is going on. For the most part, Carson is doing pretty good, right now we aren't too concerned about him. He is just working on getting bigger and stronger. Little Cooper is the one who we talked about most. The doctor thinks that there may have been a tear in his gut that has over healed itself and is now causing problems with his digestion. Tomorrow they will give him some dye and watch it throughout his gut to see if that is the problem. If it is, when he goes over to Scottish Rite for his VAD he will stay longer and have a surgery to correct his tummy. So, we just have to wait a few days to see if the die passes through or not.

Even though we didn't hear great news we felt like for the first time we didn't leave a meeting in tears and feeling defeated. At least now we have a plan for Cooper and getting him feeling better. Now we just need to pray that it is a small tear and can be easily fixed. He will have to stay at Scottish Rite longer than Carson did. We're not sure how much longer it just depends on how he handles everything. He should leave Monday or Tuesday. I keep telling myself that these two little fighters will never remember any of this. The hard part is that we will remember it all. This is the hardest thing we have ever had to go through, I would never wish this on anyone. I'm still trying to figure out why God chose us for this. It doesn't seem fair that anyone should have to leave their baby and wonder what they are going to hear the next morning. But, I will continue to do it until both of our boys are at home. And then I will just stay up every night to make sure they are safe.

Comments

Adrienne said…
Thank goodness they are figuring out the problem. It must be hard to diagnose problems when your patients can't talk, or even point at what's wrong! Hopefully this will get little Cooper back on track so he can catch up to his now "big" brother. Let us know what they find and keep hangin' in there. We're all pulling for the Hess family to be on their way home together soon!
Mrs. Smith said…
You two are doing a great job of hanging in there. It sounds like you got some good ideas of what's wrong and the knowledge that something can be done for Cooper. It's much easier to face when you have that. We're pulling for you. I'm checking your blog every day. Thanks for keeping us up and letting us know what is going on. The prayers are always coming. Love to all four of you. Aunt Jane and Uncle Tim