Saturday, March 15, 2008

Surgery Comes Early


There was a change in plans for the Arthur's around 12:30pm on Friday. While giving Trinity a bath I noticed another place where the skin had not attached and was seeping out puss. Shannon called Dr. Gilmer-Hill and asked her what we should do. She had us go to the ER and told him that she would meet us there and get the incision closed up so Trinity didn't get infection. We got to the ER around 2:30. For those of you from small town Iowa, this was not your normal ER, in fact according to the Anesthesiologist this ER is the busiest ER in America and after spending 5 hours in it I can understand why. This was a long afternoon for poor Trinity. She had her last feeding at 12:30 and hadn't ate anything since. It is not that fun to try and hold a 3 week old baby that just wants to eat. Finally around 7:30 we headed to the OR for pre-op. They started the surgery around 8:00 and the doctor came out to talk to us around 8:50. She did the incision a different way and used different stitches that hold better. She also used steristrips that she will have on for 10 days. After surgery Trinity headed back up to the NICU. When she got up there mom and dad were happy to see that she didn't have the ventilator on. However, Trinity was in a lot of pain and very uncomfortable. They are giving her Tylenol for the pain when she needs it. Today the surgeon told us that she wanted Trinity to stay in the NICU for 3-5 days so she could be on an antibiotic through her IV. This of course was not something we wanted to hear, but if it helps with the healing process then we can't really complain. Unfortunately they are having to do the catheter every 6-8 hours. This was of course something that we wanted to avoid if we could, but hopefully she will recover from the surgery and start urinating on her own again. It has been discouraging to have to go back through all of this, but hopefully this will heal better and we will be able to start looking forward to the day that Trinity will have no more pain. Please pray for the healing of Trinity's back and that she would start urinating on her own again. The picture is of Trinity's back before surgery. It is not the greatest picture, but hopefully you get an idea of what it looked like. When we can get some pictures of her back after surgery we will try and put them on here. Thanks again to everyone for the continued thoughts and prayers, they are making a huge impact on our lives and others, as God continues to be faithful.

2 comments:

Shelly Seymour said...

Your strength and faith amazes me. God will take care of you. I love ya and miss ya. Shelly

jrandkara said...

Hi there, just stopping by to see how Trinity is doing. You are in our prayers.You guys are amazing parents and your faith in god is so strong.We love you guys and we will lift you put in our prayers.

love you,
JR,Kara,Trey and Masin