In the hospital... :(

JaysonandKristin · October 2012

Hank didn't chew his food very well yesterday afternoon, and now we are waiting on our surgical team. His food gets stuck at the narrowing of his esophagus where they connected him. He was born with a birth defect that left his esophagus disconnected from his stomach and his stomach attached to his trachea. He's all fixed up, but has to be REALLY careful about how he eats.

We actually have TWO Aug '11 moms whose kids were born with EA/TEF.

This is the second time we've been through this. There was the great blueberry episode of 2011, and now we're experiencing the great carrot catastrophe of 2012. His incidents are 11 months apart, so I am happy that we've gotten this far. It still blows.

He'll have to be fully sedated, they'll do a thoracoscopy and extract whatever is stuck in there. They might use a balloon to dilate him where his esophagus is narrow. We'll see.

Left Otis this morning at 5:30 with MIL and FIL. They were having a good time eating Cheerios and drinking coconut milk. I just received a picture of Otis and PopPop reading the morning paper together.

Anyways, I'm pretty sad that my boy is in this situation, and I'm having all sorts of bad thoughts. Wish us luck!!

Thanks for reading. :: Hands out Halloween candy and reminds everyone to chew really well ::

Rachey1082 · October 2012

Oh wow, I'm so sorry. Poor little dude, that must be terrible.

I hope that he does well through the surgery. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

NotSharknado · October 2012

Aw jnk, I'm sorry. Poor Hank. I had no idea. You are one of the toughest moms on here and I admire you. I'll be thinking of you and Hank. So how do you know when somethings up? Does he just not feel well or you know what signs to look for when this happens? Glad Otis is having a nice morning. :::digging through candy bowl for a Reese's:::

fancefpp · October 2012

I'm so sorry you guys are going through this. Your poor baby

T&Ps!!

Jelliebean1982 · October 2012

I'm sorry. It's difficult to see something like that happen to your child. Please keep us updated. I'll be thinking of your family today.

SharonB222 · October 2012

FX for a smooth procedure and quick recovery.

eesome · October 2012

This makes me sad.

I'm so sorry! Sending you and your little guy hugs and good thoughts.

chottomotto · October 2012

You really have a good attitude and that's going to make a world of difference for you entire family. Good luck to your little boy on his procedure. Hopefully it will be over quickly.

CootieQueen170 · October 2012

I'm so sorry JK, but I agree with everyone else, you have such a great attitude, Hank and Otis are lucky to have you. I hope everything goes smoothly.

BabyQuizzle · October 2012

Oh how scary. I am so sorry you guys are going through this. Hugs and prayers.

Edited for spelling since my kid tried to type with me. We are both sorry for your little man.