It's Almost Time

Kalista is ready for tomorrow!!!

Evening everyone! We just tucked our superstar in bed and hope she gets a good night sleep before her big surgery day tomorrow. Her surgery is scheduled for 9:40 am. We met with Dr. Saenz earlier today and we got some of our questions answered and it looks like we are on the right track for the healing process.

Kalista being so good at our latest dressing change

The plan is to perform the fundoplication procedure and implant a G-tube. He does not know which G-tube he will place quite yet until he goes in to see where her stomach and other organs are located. The ultimate goal is to use the low-profile Mic-Key G-tube...which is smaller and discreet. If this doesn't work because of where her stomach is, then we may have to go with a traditional longer g-tube initially and then swap out that tube with the Mic-Key tube in a few weeks once Kalista forms a "mature track". A fundoplication is the procedure where they take part of the fundus of the stomach and stretch it around the back side of the esophagus to form a tighter "sphincter" between the esophagus and stomach. This in turn helps control food from reversing and giving baby heartburn.

We also have a conference with a geneticist tomorrow afternoon to talk about and get our answers about Kalista's future.

It looks like it is going to be a long day tomorrow.....we are off to bed now.