We have a little fighter in our family. Allison has proved to us that she is a tough little girl. A long while back (I didn’t write about it before I made sure everything was alright), like 4 months ago time stopped for us and our world was turned upside down.
Five days after we had arrived to Ecuador from New York, Allison started throwing up all the milk that she was fed almost instantly. At first it was one bottle a day, then two a day, in a few days she didn’t hold anything inside. At first the doctors thought it was a severe case of acid reflux. But as things got worst, exams were done, and it was discovered that she had the dreaded pyloric stenosis. As soon as this was discovered, she was scheduled for surgery. It was one of the most terrifying moment (as they took her away from us and into the O.R.) of our lives. But luckily the surgery only lasted loooooonnnnggg 45 minutes. That week, simply put, was the hardest one of our lives. From the moment she began throwing up until surgery was done, we barely slept or even thought about anything else. Gratefully, we say that everything is back to normal. Thanks God! We are very grateful for this little/wondrous miracle in our lives!
Five days after we had arrived to Ecuador from New York, Allison started throwing up all the milk that she was fed almost instantly. At first it was one bottle a day, then two a day, in a few days she didn’t hold anything inside. At first the doctors thought it was a severe case of acid reflux. But as things got worst, exams were done, and it was discovered that she had the dreaded pyloric stenosis. As soon as this was discovered, she was scheduled for surgery. It was one of the most terrifying moment (as they took her away from us and into the O.R.) of our lives. But luckily the surgery only lasted loooooonnnnggg 45 minutes. That week, simply put, was the hardest one of our lives. From the moment she began throwing up until surgery was done, we barely slept or even thought about anything else. Gratefully, we say that everything is back to normal. Thanks God! We are very grateful for this little/wondrous miracle in our lives!
As we went through all that, we were blind to see all the blessings we were being given. But now we know how much the Lord helped us through all this experience. First, my mom was here to help us with Francesca, we only had to concentrate on Allison. Daniel has very understanding bosses that told him to take all the time he needed. Almost closed eye, not knowing much about the doctors here, we chose a surgeon for the operation. We were really worried as doctors down here don’t have good reputations. We didn’t know much about the surgeon until after the surgery, when people began asking who the surgeon was, we were told that he was one the best pediatric surgeon in the country. I now know that the Lord was watching over us the whole time. He provided us with His blessing so that we can overcome this trial.
Now our baby Allison is pretty healthy. She has such a big appetite she quickly gained back her birth weight and doubled it without any trouble. Now she is developing like a normal 4 month old baby. If you see her you wouldn’t suspect that any surgery was performed on her. She acts as if nothing ever happened. We are so grateful with the Lord. That was one of the hardest moment of my life. We are so proud of Allison for overcoming her little problem and surpassing her doctors' expectations.
This is a picture of her almost a month ago. You can even see her double chins.
She is so cute.
