Well in true Schmidt fashion our trip to Cincy was, shall we say, exciting. They are doing construction on the interstate at the 75/64 split just before Georgetown and we got stuck in that. Then about 10 miles before the bridge on I-71 they have the 4 lane interstate down to two lanes and one of them had an accident. So we managed to use a combination of the Garmin and the Iphone to map out a new route. We managed to go THROUGH Erlanger, down Dixie Highway, over to 275 and into Cincy. That detour cost us over an HOUR and we were 30 minutes late to our surgery. I was freakin out calling anyone I could to tell them but of course I got 3 people’s voicemail instead. This begins my BRAG on Cincy. When we arrived to the Surgery Center I must have looked like I was about to burst an artery because everyone told me that it was OK, we were fine, they would get it done and everything was ok… sit down and rest for a minute. Every single person in the surgery center was SOO incredibly accommodating. There will be a post along shortly about all the things that I LOVE about Cincy… (listen up UK!)
So we get Ky into a waiting room, get all of the paperwork done, cath her, change diaper, talk to anesthesia, and I realized that the anesthesiologists’ name sounded REALLY familiar. Once we got back to the OR with Ky to hold her while they gave her some “happy gas” we were able to meet the anesthesiologist and it was the SAME Dr. who had been with Ky for her open heart surgeries over a year ago. In this huge hospital, with TONS of Dr’s and we end up with the SAME one! How cool!
The procedure was SO fast that we did not even have a chance to eat our lunch before they were done. Ky of course did great and Dr. Kaul brought pictures… its funny that our docs bring us souvenirs from the OR. Bascially her esophagus looks really good until you get down the to bottom of it and then its weird and grey and kind of “dead” looking. They really did not say anything about how it got that way or why … but we have to wait until the biopsies come back.
Then came the Impedence test which is an NG tube probe that measure the PH in the esophagus and records information useful in assessing GERD. The results of that should be back in 1-2 weeks. I am sure we will have enough going on that the weeks will fly by.
During our stay we did manage to meet a new friend from TX who is a member on one of the parent boards that we are on. Their daughter has VACTERL and was also there to see Dr. Kaul., among others, so getting to chat with them was nice!
Tonight I am tired and ready to be back in my own bed! We managed to stop at Keeneland on the way home to take a few quick pics of Ky IN the dress… I want to send a few to the shop owner with a letter! I will post the slideshow of her hospital experience tomorrow.
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