Finally - after many weeks of antibiotics and waiting on the surgeons, Emily had her 3rd surgery today. They had to remove another small bit of her intestines and reconnect her. At the suggestion of the surgeon, they also put in a g-tube for feeding. Emily has not done well with swalling formula, so she's been fed by a tube. There are hopes she will outgrow this but as a child with CF she could possibly need the g-tube for supplemental feedings at night. The surgeon said it was better to do it now and hope she doesn't need it than to have to go back into surgery just to do that. I certainly didn't want to have to see the surgeons a 4th time. Surgery only took about 2 hours - far quicker than we expected. She was given an epidural for the surgery instead of being sedated with morphine. She was off all oxygen and was wide awake when we got to see her. This was MUCH better than seeing her after her 2nd surgery.
This picture was taken of her the day before surgery.
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