Hello all-- Not to much to report today. Samuel had his swallow study today, and he didn't do so well. He wasn't able to swallow food that was "thin" or "honey thick" any foods he eats will have to be pudding thick. They aren't sure why he isn't able to swallow more foods at this point. To be sure there isn't anything major wrong, they are going to run a brain scan this evening. This will make sure there aren't any tumors, or developmental problems that we need to address. The RN I spoke to said they do this for everyone who gets a G tube and not to worry. They also did a EKG (heart scan) because his oxygen levels did drop a bit during yesterday's procedure. We'll know the results of both of these test tomorrow, though we aren't to worried about either. Samuel's surg. will be at 1 pm tomorrow, and should be a straight forward G tube placement. If everything goes ok, he'll be in the hospital a couple more days to be sure he has time to heal, etc. We're looking at going home on Friday??? or Saturday?? (no one has actually said these days, but based on what they say about recovery, that is my educated guess). My mom has been staying with Samuel and has learned the ins and outs of our children's hospital. She has even seen the various iron statues of nuns which occupy the halls of the hospital and found her way to the basement cafeteria (not an easy task). That's about all. We got good news that Samuel's friend from the care center "Little M" went home from the hospital today. Samuel and "Little M" had cribs next to each other at the care center in Ethiopia, and "Little M" was in a different hospital for a different problem all week. "Little M's" mom and I decided to take about the kid's black berry privileges for a while...we SWEAR they are conspiring together to worry us all to death :) In any case, "Little M's" homecoming was good news. OK, we'll update you all tomorrow!
Tracy, Jeff, Shahra and Samuel
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