Thank you, God!

Wow...Where do I begin??? Ok so I'll begin on Monday. Jane Baird was choking on almost every other swallow from her bottle. She had been coughing and spitting up a lot over the weekend, but I knew this was something more than just a cough. Instead of calling the pediatrician's nurse like I had been doing, I decided to call Dr. Georgeson (surgeon) to see if maybe there was an issue with her TEF repair. They wanted me to come in first thing Tuesday morning. Alan took off work to go with us. Tuesday Morning We headed to B'ham. Our appointment was at 8:00. We were scheduled for an upper GI and esophagram. Jane Baird was starving to death and we were not able to feed her before the test. We began the test adn after a few minutes, the nurse stopped and left the room. I was wondering where she went so I asked the tech. She had gone to consult the radiologist. I looked at the screen and there it was! I saw a tiny connection between her esophagus and trachea. That was my worst fear! We were sent up to Dr. G's office. We waited and waited and waited...Finally Dr. Hansen came in and told us that she would need to be admitted immediately and would definately need surgery. I burst into tears. How could this be??? Although I saw it with my eyes, I still was in shock to hear those words. Not only a surgery, but also a GI button in her stomach to feed her through. I just couldn't believe that!!! The sweet nurses were calming me down and the admitting process began. I'll skip the boring details but anyway we ended up on the 6th floor of Children's Hospital. Since we had no clue we were going to be staying, we had not pack. I drove home packed our bags and drove straight back. That was the longest I had ever been away from Jane Baird since she had been released from the hospital from her previous surgery. We had a long, miserable, sleepless night. Wednesday Wednesday was pretty uneventful. We just sat in our room and had some family time. My parents came to visit and so did Alan's parents. Jane Baird by this point had still not been able to eat. She was getting IV fluids, but her poor little stomach was still growling. (Monday night was her last bottle) Today We found out that Jane Baird's surgery would be the last one of the day so that meant a lot of waiting. We did get some good news though: Instead of cutting Jane Baird open, Dr G. wanted to try to repair the fistula with a scope down her throat. He had planned to cauterize the area and seal it with glue. He said there was only a 50/50 chance it would work, but he thought it was worth a shot. We waited all day and they finally called us back around 3:30. It took a while to get her ready, but the surgery only lasted about 45 minutes. Dr. G came out and told us that everything went as planned and JB was doing great! We were so happy to hear that. Jane Baird is now in the NICU on the 6th floor. She was intubated and will be paralyzed for the next three days. Dr. G does not want her to be able to move at all so that the glue will set and everything would heal. She looks so good! I would give more details but I am just so exhausted right now. You just don't get any sleep in the hospital. We will be staying in B'ham for the next three nights so this will be the last update for a few days. I want to thank everyone for their prayers and thank God for his many blessings!