My poor baby

Yesterday, I tried to give Hunter his enema and didn't get any results and he was screaming. I called Dr. Smith and asked him to see him cuz I thought that he might just have a bowel obstruction, so he saw him at 1:45. He did a direct admit to Lutheran for x-rays and dehydration. The xray came back that his colon was perforated(had a hole in it), so the nurse, which I have to say is the best nurse here...Corrie...she is always his nurse here, came in and told me that Dr. Smith was on his way over to do surgery. Of course my first thought that I said out loud was, "Does that poor man ever get a break? Is the child already here that he is going to be working on?" WELL DUH DANIELLE!!! SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HUNTER!! He came in and told me that he didn't know where it was or how bad it was, but that he could just tell that it was perforated. After the surgery, he came out and said that it was nothing that I could have avoided or done. His large intestine had wrapped around the new appliance that Dr. Levitt in Cincy had put in to do his enema's and it was so kinked that it ripped. So they took him in he said that it was ginormous...it was about 9 inches in diameter and it was dead, so he took out about 9 inches of Hunter's colon, and placed a colostomy bag. He had this when he was first born but there is the possibility that this one could be permanent. It will possibly help him gain weight, so that is a plus. He won't have to sit on the toilet for over an hour for an enema...this is a good thing. His color is so much better today.


One of my parents pastor, Butch, and one of our pastors and his wife, Mark and Renita, came up last night which was a very pleasant surprise. Hunter is so loved.

Please continue to pray for him. I know that you will!