I failed to mention in the last post that Jill had her appendix removed during the procedure because if she ever would have needed it to be removed, the surgery would have been much longer than normal due to the scar tissue build-up from two previous surgeries.
Judy called this morning to say that Jill had partially woken up and was in some pain. So she was going to be given more morphine. Originally, we expected that she would be taken off the ventilator today, but now it's looking more like tomorrow. So I won't be taking Katelyn in to see her sister today. We want Jill to appear as normal as possible before showing her to Katelyn.
Due to Jill being in the Pediatric ICU until tomorrow sometime, we are asking people to please not visit until at least then. If you are at all sick or have been around a sick person in the past few days, please do not visit.
I'll try to have an update sometime tonight.
In November 2007, our unborn daughter was found to have a condition called Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), which occurs in 1 out of every 2,500 pregnancies. Basically, our daughter’s diaphragm had a hole in it that had allowed her stomach, liver, and some intestines to pass into the upper regions of her chest cavity. Her chest was too overcrowded to allow her lungs to fully develop. She was given slim odds to survive and worse odds to thrive.
Our daughter, Jillian Olivia, was born in the Spring of 2008. Since her birth, Jill had two surgeries during her first year and has since thrived.
We started this site to chronicle our experiences throughout this journey and to keep our family members and friends up-to-date on Jill's condition. Now we use this site to update others on what's going on in our lives.
1 comment:
Appleby Family,
Your blog just came through on my google alerts for CDH. My son was born in March of 2007 with CDH, we were at Legacy in Portland.
I am so sorry that you have had to face yet more surgeries with your little girl. I have prayed for you this morning and for your little girl that she will recover quickly and fully and be home again with you soon.
darcy
http://ittybittyblog.wordpress.com
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