Foiled Again, Batman!

James did not have surgery today. Short story...the surgeon would really like him to be a little bigger before surgery (given his growth curve, he thought he would be the right weight by now). So surgery has been postponed and we will look into rescheduling later, at least a month down the road.

Long story... We reported to the hospital at 8 am and went through the registration and admittance process. The surgeon was in another surgery and came to see us when he got done, around 11. He looked over James' information and decided that he has two options for surgery. One is called a gastric pull-up, where he physically pulls part of the stomach up through the diaphragm and uses it for the esophagus. Sometimes in smaller babies, because the stomach is bigger than the esophagus would have been, this can crowd the lungs and cause breathing problems (that could lead to chronic breathing problems). The second option is a reverse gastronomy (I think that's what it was called). This is when he would take part of the stomach and make a tube out of it. This is what he would prefer to do, but there are two things that can get in the way: A) the stomach might not be big enough or B) his current g-tube could be in a place that prohibits this option. The surgeon was more worried about B. The surgeon felt that James was big enough for the second option (the preferred method), but he wouldn't be able to tell which option he would pick until he got inside. He was afraid of going in and then needing to do the less preferred method. He doesn't think James is big enough for that method yet and he was fearful of hindering his development, especially since he is making such good progress right now. Basically, there was the possibility if he went ahead with it today that James would still not get fixed and have went through the surgery process for nothing.

So James is home and home we will stay. The good news is that he won't be in the hospital when Aunt Denise comes to visit next weekend! James can keep on working on his smiling and putting his hands together and rolling...he is getting better at all three. I finally got a picture of his smile on my phone and if I can figure out how to post it from my phone, I will do that soon. Thank you for all the prayers. We will keep you posted, as always!