Bryson's Surgery!

As you all know, Bryson has suffered UTI after UTI and has been sick for months now. Well, his catheter finally quit working properly a few weeks ago and it was just not going in and things were getting worse and worse with his infections. I took him to his urologist and the best solution to this problem with a surgery called a vesicostomy. This is where a tiny hole is placed in the lower abdomen and goes to the bladder, where another hole is made, and that's called a stoma. This stoma acts as a drain for the bladder and his urine drains continually straight into his diaper. This is going to give Bryson's little bladder a much needed rest and is going to let some damage that was done by the catheter time to heal as well. Since the catheter was not going in properly, it was forming false passages and was putting dents and holes in the outside wall of his bladder and was causing damage. This damage will heal with the vesicostomy and the high pressures in his bladder will also go down and his infections will stop. This is only temporary and the vesicostomy will me closed in about 6 months or so. After that, another surgery will take place. A ureter re-implantation will be done to lengthen his ureter tubes to his urine won'e reflux into his kidneys anymore, which has been a huge issue for some time now and was contributing to the frequent UTI's as well. Bryson's bladder wall is very thick and muscly instead of thin and flexible and his ureter tubes going to his kidneys are too short, causing massive reflux. Reflux is where the urine flows backwards into the kidneys instead of forward to the bladder. The high pressure being put on his bladder by the thick walls and also his major constipation issues, causes the reflux and the tubes being so short makes it a short trip! So, all of these issues are going to be resolved with these surgeries.

Now that you know all the medical mumbo jumbo, let's talk about some fun stuff! Well, it started out not so fun! When Bryson woke up from surgery he was a force to be reckoned with. He was yanking on wires and iv tubes and wanted all of that crap off and out of him! The tube they had put down his throat really irritated his throat and his cough made him sound like a seal! The doctors and nurses were great, though, and they took everything out of him right away and even though it was really late, they let us take Bryson home. He slept the whole way and actually ate pancakes at 9pm when we got home! He woke up this morning and was so happy and was playing like normal and ate like a champ. He is totally fine today and is being a typical rambunctious little boy again! I am having to watch his every move because he is wanting to stand on his head and he is rolling and crawling everywhere! Little tootie! He is napping right now and this is the only reason I am able to post on his blog!

Anywho, God is great and has shown me that we have to go through trials and tribulations in order to put our total trust in Him and to get to the good stuff that He has planned for us. I am trusting and having complete faith in the fact that God is preparing us for only good things and that He guided Dr. Strand the whole way through Bryson's surgery and Bryson is going to feel so much better now.