Sunday, November 20, 2011

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give you a quick update.

Memphis is doing well recently. He has been gaining weight fairly regularly, and is on track to be right where they want him. Although his weight gain is doing better, they still plan on placing a g-tube in him and performing a fundoplication. A fundoplication is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease in which they wrap the lower part of the esophagus with the upper part of the stomach, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. After this is performed, our stay at children's hospital can be shortened. They are planning on December first for the surgery.

They were able to wean his oxygen today. He is now on a very low flow of oxygen, much lower than he needed to be to come home.

All in all, he is doing very well. Even our nurse commented that he is doing amazing compared with what he has been through.

We will continue to keep everyone informed.

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