Day 31 - Another Roadblock

Did you ever watch the Flintstones? As a child, I remember watching the episode where Fred is in the hospital waiting room anxiously awaiting the arrival of Pebbles. He paces back and forth so many times that he begins to wear a path in the floor of the room. Eventually the path is so deeply worn that you only see the top of his head as he paces inside the deep hole he's worn. That's sort of how we feel now.

The doctors still don't know why Chloe's digestive system isn't processing the liquid dye they put in her stomach. They put 4cc's in there and after no apparent movement pulled 2cc's back out. They're making some guesses as to why this might be happening but don't want to commit to anything or create a plan of action until after the pediatric surgeon takes a look at the x-rays. One of the nurses told me that they saw some of the dye in her lower intestines. Of course, my first reaction is to think that's great and that some of it did get processed afterall, but the doctor pointed out that isn't necessarily the case. That was the third x-ray of the night and they never saw it moving down the other parts of the digestive system so it's possible that it came out through a rupture or fistula.

We still haven't heard from the surgeon. In the meantime I continue to wear a path in the floor as I hope for the best and wait for answers.