(As an aside for any of the T family: JG has left SBHS for LH and Latin in San Jose. She's been pretty frustrated with SBHS for a while and I'm excited for her to move on. She asked me to pass on her love and news to the family.)
We had a very interesting night last night and since it was a momentous occasion, I thought I'd pass it on. We had our first Emergency Room visit for either of our kids. Last night at about 7:15 or so, we got home from the church and Elijah pointed to right below his tummy and said, "Ow." I told Rob he might have a tummy ache and asked him to look at it. Rob took off Elijah's diaper to look and there was a huge bulge to the side and up a little from his penis. Okay, not normal. In about 10 minutes time, Elijah was screaming and writhing in pain. He wouldn't straighten his legs and he could not be consoled. Like I said in the last e-mail, this kid doesn't cry like ever, so this was scary for us. Rob drove him down to Children's where surprisingly he got in very quickly. Probably because on that 1 - 10 pain scale, Elijah looked to be at a 9 or so (which has only happened to me maybe twice in my life). It was painful enough for us to just watch the poor kid in so much pain.
Anyways, the nurse looked at Elijah and said he probably had a hernia. And by the time, about 10 minutes after that, that Elijah got to see the ER doctor, the hernia had corrected itself and as immediately as it came, Elijah was in no pain at all. It was an hour and a half of Elijah screaming and then it was just gone. Rob said when it went away Elijah started tentatively moving his leg, testing out to see if it was really feeling better. Two doctors saw Elijah, the first one to say it was gone and the second one to tell us a little about where we go from here. The second one felt around and said that Elijah has a hole from where the testicles drop. Usually this hole closes on its own, but in his case it hasn't and it won't unless it is surgically fixed. And if we don't get it fixed, then this will be an on-going problem. Well, the idea of surgery for my 2-year-old doesn't thrill me, but what thrills me even less is the thought of my 2-year-old having to go through this again. So we will be calling the surgery center at Children's and scheduling a surgery as soon as possible. They said it's an outpatient surgery and isn't that big of a deal, but I'm thinking that for a little guy like him, any kind of surgery is a big deal.
However, an outpatient surgery for a problem that's fixable is much better than many of the alternatives. I will let you all know when it is scheduled and what it'll mean. I really am not sure what to expect. We will probably pass Miciah on to someone else so we can focus on getting Elijah well. I'm hoping that the surgery is in the next 3 weeks. After the 21st, it'll be no fun at all. My aunt suggested (as a joke) that I schedule it for the 21st, the same day as my C-section. We got a good little laugh out of that. Either way, whether it's before or after the 21st, it'll be as soon as they say it's possible.
Please keep Elijah in your thoughts and prayers. They told us what to do if he gets another hernia, but we'd of course prefer that it doesn't happen at all. He is happy and well and healthy as ever, and we'd love to keep him that way.
Love,
Tamra and family
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