So the last few days have been a whirlwind and a blur. It all started on Friday when we went for Jacinda's 6 month well baby check up. Jacinda is now 18 lbs and 27 inches long, she is in the 92 percentile for her weight, 96 for her height and 99 for her head (she's a smarty pants). The Dr heard some crackling in Jacinda's lungs and found that her oxygen levels were at 90, obviously not the best. She was concerned that Jacinda looked like she was laboring to breath as her tummy rose up and down quite a bit indicating that she is probably using her tummy muscles to breath. She ordered a chest x-ray for her to rule out an enlarged heart. The results that evening came back that she has a viral infection in her lungs, but everything else appeared fine. Dr still wanted the pediatric radiologist to look at the x-ray to make sure nothing was missed.
Monday we went to a follow-up appointment and her oxygen levels had not improved, but yet did not worsen. She felt that it might be best if we admit Jacinda into the hospital for tests and monitoring. We did and when we got there, the pediatric radiologist came and said that upon looking at her x-ray he saw intestines up past her diaphram which would indicate that she has a defect in her diaphram also known as Morgagni's Hernia. So, he wanted to do a CT scan to get a better look. After a long 6 hours of waiting, we finally got the scan done. Jacinda and I spent the night in the hospital and she seemed fine. Three doctors said that they didn't see anything and that she's fine, she could be released and it was only a viral infection. The ped. radioligist insists that the CT was done incorrectly and that it was not conclusive as the contrast had already passed through the stomach only highlighting the intestines, not the upper G.I. So, he wanted to do another CT only on the upper GI. I decided I much rather do all the tests on an outpatient basis as the chances of them being ready for us are much greater (we waited an hour down at the CT machine). Plus, it gave us time to get much prayer for her and believe that she is healed in Jesus' name. So, we were discharged with home oxygen for now since her levels still hadn't improved and orders to do a follow-up and a sweat test to rule out cystic fibrosis. So, Thursday morning is our sweat test and Thursday afternoon a follow-up with a different pediatrician. We feel that we'd like to begin getting second opinions because we just don't feel comfortable with the two Drs. that are insistent. It has been the hardest few days of my life as I watch my little angel go through so much. She has been such a good girl! She has been so patient and has remained her little happy self, well as long as nurses weren't proding at her! So, we appreciate all your prayers as we continue on. For Jacinda that she is healed from head to toe and for me for the energy and wisdom as I attend all the appointments. Of course, also for wisdom for each dr. that we see. I will update the blog when we have more results. (sorry for the bad picture quality, it was taken by my cell phone)
We had a little follow-up with the pediatrician on Thursday and Jacinda still has crackly lungs, so she is staying on oxygen until her lungs and oxygen saturation improves. If it doesn't improve, it might be that she is aspirating saliva and milk. If her lungs improve she can come off oxygen. As for the suspected hernia, the pediatrician is making an appointment to have an upper GI done to see if she does in fact have a hernia. for this test, she will not have to be sedated and it can be done outpatient. So, for now she will have a follow-up appointment Friday for her oxygen saturation and the upper GI will probably be in a couple weeks.
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