Another surgery for Aidan

Tomorrow morning Aidan will be having yet ANOTHER surgery. This one should definitely be the last one. The procedure is technically called a closure of the GE fistula which basically means they are going to close up his g-tube hole. For a little bit of background info about Aidan’s g-tube click HERE and you can read about the g-tube removal surgery.

So here is the low-down on why he has to have the surgery over a year later. When they remove a g-tube, over 90% of the time it will heal on it’s own. Obviously, my little family loves to beat the odds so Aidan’s didn’t heal. We kept telling the g-tube doctor that it was still leaking and he didn’t listen to us. He said it’s normal and it’ll take a long time to heal. It’s been almost 2 years. It doesn’t leak any more but it didn’t heal properly. It looks a little raw and is always moist.

My poor little guy calls it his “owie”. I’m sure it doesn’t feel too good. So here is exactly what they are going to do. When they put the g-tube in they connected his stomach to his inside wall in order for us to be able to feed him through it. Well, guess what…it’s still attached. Now they need to go in and detach his stomach and close it up and then stitch up this hole.

He’s gonna have to spend a couple of days in the hospital. I’m always so nervous going into surgeries. I guess that’s normal, right? The great news is that this will be his last surgery!!!! Thank goodness for that! My little man is such a stud, I’m sure he’ll recover quickly and be back to hauling Maya around on the double tricycle in no time. Wish us luck and say a little prayer for Aidan too;)

Here’s a video of Aidan bug talking about his surgery tomorrow.