The day started very early this morning for the Arthur family. Trinity couldn't eat past midnight and was up at three this morning. Miranda was up for the first hour with Trinity and before we knew it everyone else was awake. Aubree was trying just as much as Miranda and I to calm the big eater, but time was the only fix for her hunger. After few hours of voicing her opinion of no food Trinity calmed down.
We dropped Aubree off at Laura and Monte McClelland's house at a little before six. This is a couple that God has blessed us to be acquainted with and they have helped out very very much. By eight Trinity was headed in for surgery. The surgery was performed by a plastic surgeon, and our neurosurgeon was there to consult and assist. Dr Gilmer the neurosurgeon was the first to greet us and let us know that the plastic surgeon was finishing up, and from her perspective everything was looking good. The existing opening she said was infection free, and looked good. About a half an hour later the plastic surgeon came to talk us through the surgery. He said that he sewed the opening in layers, three in total. After sewing the opening shut he glued it shut. He also ran a drainage tube from the closure to the top of her left butt cheek. With the glue sealing off the opening the drainage would need a way to escape and this would take care of it. He made it sound like this was a fairly common practice for him. The glue will stay covering the now closed area for about two weeks and the drainage tube will be in about the same amount of time.
By noon Miranda and I were home. It is quite apparent to us that Trinity was in a considerable amount of pain. The doctor prescribed us Tylenol with codeine. After giving her a dose of this it seemed to help. We are back to doing a catheter every four hours. The first time we did it today we got about 80cc. Hopefully after about 3 days or so she will starting urinating again on her own. All and all things are going pretty well, and we once again have a lot to be thankful for. The picture shows the drainage tube, and the catheter that we are doing every four hours. Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers!
3 comments:
Trinity is so strong and blessed to have you as parents and a great big sister! You are in our thoughts and prayers! We love and miss you tons!
JR,Kara,Trey and Masin
SOOOOO glad that everything went well and we'll continue to pray that she heals fast and starts peeing on her own very soon! Hang in there, you guys are awesome! If you ever need to chat, you know you can call me anytime!!!!
Sarah, Travis, Treyton, and Stella*
We are thinking of you all. I pray this will be her last surgery. She is a fighter as are you, Shannon and Aubree. Be strong, your faith will help you through this. Love you much.
Amanda, Stephan, and Paige
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