Hi All,
Today is Jaxson's orchidopexy (spelling?) surgery (for undescended testes). We arrived very early...6 am! Checking in went really fast and he was taken back to surgery around 7:45 am. One of his testes was difficult to find upon examination, so there is a slight chance they may have to bring down as much as possible and then tack it; then we would have to come back again for another surgery. We are praying that this is not the case though. It's been almost an hour, so we should be getting an update from the OR soon.
I'll post another update later on...
Thanks,
Sarah
Welcome Jaxson's CDH Journey
Jaxson is a CDH survivor and this blog follows his story and our ongoing efforts to spread the word about CDH.
Jaxson was diagnosed with LCDH at our 20 week ultrasound. His stomach, intestines, spleen, apendix and left lobe of the liver had all herniated into his chest cavity. We were told his chances of survival were less than 50% and that he had an 80% chance of going on ECMO.
He was born at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and transported next door to CHOP on 5-19-08. He did not go on ECMO, had his repair on 5-23-08, came off the ventilator on 6-6-08, breathing on his own by 6-12-08 and was discharged after 37 days in the NICU.
He is our CDH rock star!
Praying things go fantastic and he is home soon.
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