I will preface with he is okay and he will be okay! As most of you saw, we had a late start to surgery due to some delays in front of Austin's case. It happens. He didn't get into OR until around 1pm (he was scheduled for 10:45am).
Dr. Kevan came out to talk to us about her findings. His bowel inflammation looked significantly better than his previous scopes. We will likely be able to decrease one of his medications in the near future! And...she found a few answers. Austin's stomach was very inflamed and irritated. We will increase is omeprazole (Prilosec) to hopefully get that looking and feeling better. And...he has a small ulcer at the anastomosis site (we think, hard to tell because Dr. Kreykes did such a good job hand stitching it). Obviously, we are not looking at surgery for the ulcer as Austin doesn't have much bowel to begin with and then we would only create a new anastomosis site. Ugh. So, Dr. Kevan is going to come up with a plan to settle it down!
Then unexpectedly, the anesthesiologist came out to talk to us. Right before Austin when to surgery, he got really tired and shut his eyes. We didn't think much of it as it was approaching his nap time. We now know that his blood sugar had gotten really low. The labs in OR indicated the low sugar and they immediately gave dextrose. Austin responded well, however, it was very concerning to the doctors. He got himself a suite in the hospital for the night! We are being very cautious and monitoring his blood sugars as we transition him from IV fluid back to his normal feeding rate.
Fingers crossed and lots of prayers that we are home tomorrow!
Love and good night to all!
Tara
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