Time to pray again for our little Brinley, who goes in tomorrow morning (Wednesday) for her G-tube and Nissen fundoplication surgery. It was decided yesterday with her GI consult that the nissen would indeed be the best thing for Brinley. This will hopefully solve the reflux issues we are seeing, which in turn we are hoping will solve the breathing issues. If all goes well then we are much closer to bringing her home! The surgery shouldn't be too invasive as they will attempt to do it laproscopically (or semi laproscopically, if that's a thing). She has a very good surgeon doing the operation and both things are fairly straightforward and well-established procedures but prayer for sure hands for all the personnel involved will be appreciated. The offical time on the schedule is 7:30AM but this could change depending on if any emergencies come into the hospital that need to preempt her procedure.
Otherwise, Brinley is doing great and our training for Brinley care begins in earnest this week as we have a CPR class scheduled for Thursday evening that Sarah and I and a few others will attend; we also have a trach care class being taught by the ENT nurse friday afternoon, also attended by a few others. Both of these will be important for getting us ready to care for her at home and having others trained to help support us along the way.
Here's a couple of cute pictures for everyone. Brinley's 3 sisters were pretending to take care of her at "the hospital" this morning. I think they're going to be great with her! Pray also, if you could, that our big girls would be able to see Brinley at the hospital before she comes home. We just think that would be good for them.
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