Semi - Update

According to her paperwork Abbie was born with imperforate anus and a small asd. They performed surgery on her and deemed it "a great success" and tested her heart and found that her heart healed itself. We took Abbie to see the specialist and don't really have any concrete answers at this time. Everything looks good on the outside but the inside needs some perusing. She did have an x - ray to see if her colon is empty and turns out it isn't. After two days of yucky tasting laxative we had another x - ray and she still is backed up. Time to clean her out some more. We are working on scheduling a cardiology visit and an echo, an MRI (these children sometimes have tethered cords) and an ultrasound. In early January Dr. Mak will scope her under general anesthesia so she can see better what is connected to what and know whether or not surgery will be necessary. We are also waiting to hear from an orthopedist about the fact that her pelvic bones are 6 centimeters apart instead of 3. We should hear about that later today.

As far as adjusting I feel she is doing amazingly well. Still stuck to me like velcro but she trusts us and knows that we will feed her, clothe her and not hit her. I will leave you with her smiling, happy face!