Sorry for the long delay... The days have been shorter and fuller since then. Memphis' surgery went well, as planned. The lump was just a fatty benign mass. The day of surgery, Memphis was wowing all the nurses with his charm as usual; doing somersaults in the bed, playing with toys, and getting the maximum number of "awws" that he could. The surgeon was very interested in his eating problems, and seemed to be the most educated person that we had spoken to about CDH in Huntsville. He was so interested, that he decided to order a swallow study on Memphis in the next following days. After surgery, Memphis was so mad, as expected. He only had to stay about an hour, just until the general anesthesia had worn off enough. At home he was his normal self after a long nap and some food. Acting as if nothing had happened.
The swallow study went as we had expected. Memphis would swallow nothing. It was a big flop, nothing was proven or dis proven. Once again we are left with the solution of just waiting until he decides to eat.
Once again, sorry for the long wait, and the lack of information, but I will sit down and write a proper write up soon. He has gotten so big and mobile.
