This has been a very busy week. I'll post some quick details, and update it later.

We took Hannah to the emergency room Sunday afternoon after she threw up and choked following a feeding, and then was very lethargic. Her lungs are OK, and it turned out she had a urinary tract infection, which was causing the throwing up/lethargy.

She had the NG (feeding) tube back in because a swallow study done last week showed that she was aspirating food into her lungs when she eats. She can have nothing else by mouth unless and until she grows out of that (along with laryngomalacia, she has a floppy airway, which could strengthen as she grows). They were going to put a G tube directly into her abdomen for feeding; since she was in the hospital for this other anyway, they decided to go ahead and place the G tube and Nissen fundoplication (which prevents acid reflux from backwashing and getting into her lungs).

Hannah made it into the operating room about 1 p.m. Thursday, and came through the surgery with flying colors--no need for oxygen afterwards, or any special breathing help (they sort of thought that they might have to intubate her again because of her history). She spent the night in Pediatric Intensive Care Thursday night just as a precaution (again, because of her history), which gave us a chance to come home and get a night's rest. They moved her to the second floor late this afternoon, and they'll probably keep her another four or five days while she heals and we learn how to deal with the new feeding system. Janet and I will continue alternating spending nights at the hospital, and pretty much alternating days going into our respective offices to get work covered. (I'm still pretty much just covering my Web classes in the little bit of time I have--unfortunately, other things are going by the wayside for now, including paperwork-type things.)

More later.