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The Hernia
Jax has (hopefully) lost one of his best friends... his belly button that he can make stick-out. Thursday night, Jax stuck it out, and it stayed that way. I was at the grocery store, and Kev called to say I needed to get home. I was shocked when I saw 'the button'. I took pictures and emailed them to my former boss (and Gracie's pediatric endocrinologist) who immediately called (thanks, Mike - I owe you one) from Massachusetts. As we suspected, it was an emergency. Since it was late, we had no choice but heading to the ER. The pediatric resident and the ER resident pulled Jaxon's abdomen and pushed the hernia back in at the same time. Jaxon was screaming and crying the entire time (which felt like an eternity). Apparently, it is very painful, but they didn't want to waste time medicating him. Instead, he was given narcotics after the procedure. It at least made him comfortable enough to let them play around with his button a little more (it was swollen, and they just wanted to make sure all the tissue was back inside). We went home after a few hours with a referral to see peds surgery (oh what fun) sometime in the near future (hopefully before he pops it out again). His party trick days might be over...
Jax has (hopefully) lost one of his best friends... his belly button that he can make stick-out. Thursday night, Jax stuck it out, and it stayed that way. I was at the grocery store, and Kev called to say I needed to get home. I was shocked when I saw 'the button'. I took pictures and emailed them to my former boss (and Gracie's pediatric endocrinologist) who immediately called (thanks, Mike - I owe you one) from Massachusetts. As we suspected, it was an emergency. Since it was late, we had no choice but heading to the ER. The pediatric resident and the ER resident pulled Jaxon's abdomen and pushed the hernia back in at the same time. Jaxon was screaming and crying the entire time (which felt like an eternity). Apparently, it is very painful, but they didn't want to waste time medicating him. Instead, he was given narcotics after the procedure. It at least made him comfortable enough to let them play around with his button a little more (it was swollen, and they just wanted to make sure all the tissue was back inside). We went home after a few hours with a referral to see peds surgery (oh what fun) sometime in the near future (hopefully before he pops it out again). His party trick days might be over...
4 comments:
Oh my!!
Hope all goes well and you can get the "button" taken care of soon.
He should've held on to this trick until 7th grade. It's perfect for camp! I hope the surgery is quick and the recovery painless.
OUCH! I almost vomited because I can't take stuff like that. I am so lucky that my kids haven't had anything major happen (yet). I hope when they do, I won't pass out!
OK, Bran, you have to add a new post so that I don't see that nasty picture when I click on your blog. Now I know why I never entered the medical field! I cringe everytime I see it!!! Poor Jax - I hope he is okay!!!
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