The doctors discussed the best plan of action for Jace and his feedings. They decided to do a procedure called the Nissen. They would attach his stomach to his esophagus to try and stop the milk from going into his lungs. They also wanted to put a feeding tube in his stomach. This made us feel some better because they had told us if the tube came out of his nose when we got home then we would have to reinsert it. Neither one of us felt comfortable doing this. However, this meant he would have another surgery. They scheduled his surgery for Mon. the 16th.
On Monday morning we thought he would go to surgery around 10. We were then told it would be 12, then 2, and finally around 4 he was taken back to surgery. This procedure would only take an hour and a half to two hours. When it was over we were allowed to stay with him during recovery. He did great and was able to come off the ventilator and return to his room around 8:30. This turned out to be a very long day for us but we were thankful everything went well.
His weight on Mon. was 6 lbs 6.2 ozs.
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