After spending four-days in NICU when the twins were born, we thought we were all done with the hospital for awhile. Unfortunately, Brian had other plans in mind. Late Sunday night/early Monday morning he was grumpy and wouldn't eat. Jeff quickly realized this was a big deal (one of the wonderful benefits of having a doctor in the family), so he took Brian to the emergency room at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. After a few diagnostic tests, Brian was diagnosed with imperforate anus. This can be a very scary diagnosis, because it is often clustered with a number of other underlying malformations along the midline. An ECG, MRI, EKG, kidney ultrasounds, a barium series, extensive blood work, and a zillion other tests were done to rule these other potential problems out. Thankfully, they all came back negative.
However, Brian did require a surgery called anoplasty. This was performed by a pediatric colorectal surgeon (who knew such a person existed!) on Tuesday morning. Brian was carefully monitored by a wonderful team of nurses, and was discharged on Thursday afternoon. It was a very scary couple of days, which is to be expected anytime a newborn infant has surgery. But in the realm of things that could have been wrong, this was minor. We were reminded of that every time we walked down the hall and saw other children with cancer, and other life threatening issues. We are grateful to share that Brian's prognosis is excellent, and he should not require any future surgeries.
Our Grumpy Baby At Home, the Night Before Heading into the Hospital
Brian all Tucked In, Snug as a Bug, at the Hospital
A Visit from David
Time to Head Home At Last!
