So, I know it's been a while since my last update. I guess I've been rather busy with Silas at home (it's amazing how the time with him just flies by!) and more focused on sleeping than emailing when I have the chance. And there hasn't been much to report except lots of eating and pooping and burping and spitting up (and a little sleeping!).
But it turns out all the spitting up and vomiting was more serious than we thought and it has landed us back in the hospital yet again. We'd been worried about all his spit ups - but they seemed within the normal range for an infant. Until we went to our pediatrician last Monday for a regular check-up and found out Silas had lost almost 1.5 pounds in the last 2 weeks (which put him down to 9 pounds, 14 ounces)!! So we were re-admitted to the pediatric unit at St. Jo's hospital.
The good news is that the docs quickly pin-pointed the problem as a condition called pyloric stenosis which means that the pyloris valve that connects the stomach to the small instestines has been thickening and not allowing food to pass through. Silas underwent laproscopic surgery yesterday to fix the condition. Everything went well and he is now recovering. We're really just waiting for him to keep down 2 successful feedings in a row and then we get to go home again. And for good this time (we hope).
I say 3rd time is a charm because Silas was actually hospitalized a second time over Thanksgiving weekend. He had a high fever (over 102 degrees) and I guess it is standard protocol to hospitalized newborns proactively to make sure the fever is not associated with a serious condition. But, after 3 nights in the hospital, we were able to confirm it was just a bad cold and were sent back home.
Silas turns 7 weeks old tomorrow. It has certainly been an intense, emotional, unexpected experience thus far for all of us (and not how I expected to spend my maternity leave) - but we look forward to getting back to the regular routine of eating and sleeping and pooping and burping at home soon. It seems that each of the hospitalizations has been unrelated (although it is kind of freaky!) and that there should not be any lasting affects from any of these conditions.
As always - thanks for the love and support and we'll work on posting some more photos sometime soon...
xo
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Thanks for the update Julie. I was glad to hear that Silas kept two feedings down and you guys were able to go home! Yay silas!!
Hi Julie, I've been following your blog and sending happy thoughts your way. Aaah Motherhood, you can never anticipate what will happen but with each crisis you discover you have the ability to love even more. Your son is truly beautiful. I hope I will see him in person before he grows up. Happy holidays to you and your family. Love. Peggy Moroney
Hello! I've been staying posted mostly through Sapna but have been sending good thoughts your way. We have a baby girl-almost 7 weeks old and we too went to the hospital thinking she might have the stomach valve thing as I like to call it but it was just the flu which then we all got--neat! Keep up the good work and the good attitude and I'm trying to do the same :). Love, Emma
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