A Visit to Primary Children's Hospital

Maya hasn't been able to tolerate solid foods at all. She still gets violently ill even after the smallest bite of food, so the doctor sent us to have a couple of tests done.  Just before Christmas we went to McKay Dee Hospital and Maya had a swallow study and some other tests done checking to see if Maya had any anatomical anomalies that were causing this. She had no problems with the swallow study but as they were doing the other tests they said that it looked like she had a really thick bowel wall right outside the stomach or there was some webbing right there which just means that there is some extra tissue strung from one side of the bowel wall to the other side making it very difficult/impossible for food to pass through.

So an appointment was set up at Primary Children's Hospital to have another test done and meet with a surgeon, as this condition would have to be surgically corrected.

Dec 22, 2011
We went down to PCMC the day after she had the 1st test done but they were unable to repeat the test due to the amount of contrast she still had in her bowels from the day before we we set up an appointment for yesterday.

So,Ty gave Maya a blessing and we fasted for her.

Dec 28, 2011
I took her down the Primary's where they repeated the test we had done at McKay. Maya decided that she did not want to drink the contrast this time so they had to stick a tube down her nose into her stomach to get the contrast in there. They took xrays of the contrast as it moved through her bowels.  She did not like having to go through this again. Then they had us wait an hour and they took more xrays.

The radiologist came out to talk to me after. He was a bit stunned. He said whatever showed up on the films from McKay was no longer there. That everything looked normal and healthy. He said that he saw no reason for surgery. HOORAY!!

So now what?

I took Maya home and decided to try food again with her because according to the doctor there was no longer anything blocking her food from traveling through her bowels. I was a little hesitant doing this. My baby had already endured enough tests and torture today and I didn't want to make her deathly ill on top of it all but she hadn't thrown up the contrast (which is pretty thick) so I thought it was worth a try.

Well, she was very very hesitant to try the food but she ate some and she tolerated it without any complications. We tried more today and she didn't have any problems. WAHOO!

 She definitely was not liking the idea of trying food again. I'm actually surprised she ate any.

 hmmm...maybe this isn't so bad.

 I have never seen her this happy after eating.

I have no idea why for 2.5 months my baby was unable to eat any solid food. No idea what they thought they saw on the films from McKay. And no idea where that mysterious blockage went between the visit to McKay and Primary's. I do know that my baby is healthy and able to eat now and that I am overcome with joy and gratitude. I do believe that prayers are answered and believe that this is an example of that.

Also, Maya can now sit herself up. She is growing up so fast.