Well we had an unbelievable turn of events last night. Around 6 Gracie started acting exhausted and a little off which was weird because we all took a very long nap during the day. I told Ricky to lay her down so he started getting her ready for bed and when he went to change her diaper there was a huge bulging mass and she was in severe pain. We freaked out because it was so odd and we'd never seen anything like it before. Off to the emergency room we went. Doctor looks at her and says it's an "incarcerated hernia". What? He said she has to go to Texas Children's for emergency surgery. An ambulance shows up and her and I go to TCH. Ricky follows behind with Brody and Madi. Gracie falls asleep on the ride which helps because she was in so much pain. Meanwhile Ricky and I cannot believe this is happening. We had such a great day napping, playing, and just living. All of a sudden our Gracie is going for emergency surgery. We get to TCH and the surgeon is waiting on us. He comes in to examine her and guess what?? Not a single sign of the hernia. The huge mass has disappeared and Ricky and I are looking like what in the world is going on. So the doctor said it unexplainable went back in or where it was suppose to go and since that happened there is no need for surgery then but we will have to have surgery to fix the problem as an outpatient. Thank you Lord. By that time she was acting like our Gracie with her smile and happy personality.
Seriously, this stuff only happens to us. So $100 ER copay, ride in an ambulance, and another ER visit, we were home around midnight. I have to follow up with a surgeon tomorrow because if this happens again it can cut off blood flow to one or more organs which would cause the organs to die so it is important we get it taken care of. I hope the surgeon that did their heart surgeries when they were a week old can do this surgery. We just loved him because he loved our babies so much.
Today we are having fun at the house. As I type this they are outside playing like nothing ever happened. The surgeon said that these type of things happen in preemies things just appear sometimes out of the blue.
Prayer is powerful. I believe in and know that God has His hands in our lives and continues to bless us with miracles. When doctors are puzzled that things mysteriously fix themselves it's God. Wow!
KP
