Busy Day

Look! Here's a picture of Timmy in Rochester.

We started our day a little before 6:00 am when Timmy was crying and his G-tube blew out. Literally, pressure from his stomach pushed the G-tube right out of the hole, and formula came pouring out of his stomach and ran down his tummy. You can't make this stuff up! Anyway, we replaced the tube, and filled the balloon that holds it in. Then, after consulting with the Pediatric Surgical team in Rochester (who suggested we bring him to our local hospital to have him checked out), we loaded up the family, half of our possessions (so it seemed, anyway) and headed off to Rochester.

We arrived at the ER around 10:00 am and got Timmy settled in. They removed the PEG tube (type of G-tube) and installed a Mic-key button G-tube. Then they used a dye to see if the tube was correctly placed. Timmy and I waited an hour after the imaging was done to get hospital transportation to push Timmy's bed back across the hospital to the ER. After that, we waited another hour or two to be released to come back home.

In the interim, we saw the lady who put in Timmy's PIC line, and she absolutely gushed over Timmy - how well he looked, how big he was, how great it was for him to be home and doing so well! We can't deny that was good to hear. We also stopped up to see a friend who is still staying in the PICU with her little girl. We wish she was able to go home, but that hasn't worked out logistically for her yet. Hopefully soon.

Despite being in the car for 6 hours and cooped up in the hospital, the kids mostly had a good day. Jen and I are grateful for the care Timmy got - and the assurance from the medical team up there that bringing him up there was the best thing for him. (Our hospital probably would have ended up sending us up there anyway, and we got there quicker by driving ourselves directly) We saw God's hand of blessings in many ways in our travels, in Timmy's care, in God's timing for all of this. 

We are tired, but we are home and we are content.