A Shocking New Discovery

We left you hanging on the post about the last PH probe. Sorry about that. It took us two weeks to get the results! Good news...Rachel does not have to have a repeat Nissen surgery! Thank you, Jesus for all You do! Since she was still retching and vomiting often, we still had to wonder what the issue was. If it wasn't that her Nissen had come undone, then was it? That's where the new discovery comes in. Her doctor ordered a type of nuclear radiological study that measured how fast she digests food. Last week we were able to take Rachel to one of the local hospitals for the procedure. Yesterday we finally got the results. It turns out that this whole time Rachel has had a digestive issue. Food leaves her stomach too slowly, thus giving her a full feeling much, much longer than normal. I can only assume that this is also why she can't hold any volume. In normal people, as you eat or drink a slow amount goes out of the stomach into the intestines at a fairly consistent rate. This is why doctors suggested the continuous drip into her stomach because as it dripped in, it should have dripped out. With Rachel her stomach would not drip out properly and she would get backed up, thus causing the retching and vomiting. When you add the Nissen (which is designed to prevent things from coming up) then you get this dilima in that the milk going in can't go out or up. How miserable she must have been before they moved her feedings to her intestines! After thinking about it I began to cry. What had I done to my baby all those months before her surgery?! I thought of all the times I forced her to eat, crying and screaming all the way. No wonder she fought with all her life! It tears me up to think of it. All I can do is beg her forgiveness when she gets older and pray somehow they can fix her. Right now they are trying a medication to stimulate her stomach to contract and push things out faster. Please continue to pray for her. Pray that God would heal her of all her GI issues. Pray that she can live pain free. Pray that God get the glory for everything as He is the ALL FAITHFUL One that deserves it! Thank you for your prayers!