Brooklyn had surgery on Saturday August 1st at Cardon Children's Medical Center. She had been throwing up for about a week or more and we took her to the doctor who diagnosed her with reflux (honestly, I knew it wasn't reflux and kept telling Cory I thought it was pyloric stenosis) and they started her on medicine. Brooklyn was not too fond of her medicine (zantac) but she had to take it. On Friday July 31st her vomiting got worse and would shoot across the room (classic sign of pyloric stenosis) and by Saturday it was even worse and she was so miserable. We called the nurse triage line and they said to take her in since she was so little and throwing up so much it could cause dehydration. We went to the ER and they did blood work, started an IV (she had to be poked twice and I think I cried worse than her) and she had an ultrasound which confirmed what I already knew - yes she had pyloric stenosis. "Pyloric stenosis is an uncommon condition that affects the pylorus — the opening at the lower end of the stomach that connects the stomach and small intestine. In babies who have pyloric stenosis, the muscles of the pylorus become abnormally large. This prevents food from entering the small intestine. Pyloric stenosis can lead to forceful vomiting, dehydration and weight loss. Prompt surgical treatment is important." They took her to surgery at 8 pm that night and it took an hour (the longest hour of my life) and they said she did so good. We stayed in the hospital for less than 24 hours when we were originally told it could be 2-3 days before we could go, we were so ready to go home. We were well taken care of while in the hospital from the time we arrived in the ER until we went home. We were lucky to stay on the unit I work on (Pediatric Oncology, thanks Laura & Aimee) and had the best care (thank you Emily, Ryann, Terri, & Lisa and everyone who came to visit Brooklyn). We are home and she is doing so good, she is no longer miserable and keeping all her food down, NO MORE THROWING UP!!!!!! I am still sad that she had to go through all of this (throwing up, surgery, pain) but happy that she is feeling so much better.
