Abby's Surgery

We would appreciate prayers for Abby tomorrow. She is scheduled for surgery to remove a urachal cyst. She has a little bubble of skin on the end of her belly button that is growing bigger ever so slightly as it fills up with fluid. Apparently, when babies are born, something inside of them in the belly button area (sorry I don't know the technical terms) closes off, but Abby's did not. So, she has a tiny little opening that is leaking fluid into the cyst (or bubble of skin) on the outside. If it becomes infected, it could infect her insides and that wouldn't be good. So the cyst comes off tomorrow.

I first noticed it when she was a few months old and asked our doctor about. He told me it was nothing and not to worry about it. That doctor turned out to be AWLFUL for many reasons I won't go into, but we switched doctors and when I pointed the bubble on Abby's belly button out to our new doctor, she took one look at it and said, "Oh yeah, that's a urachal cyst and it needs to be surgically removed." Needless to say, we LOVE our new doctor and am happy to be rid of the other one. It's taken a while to get into the pediatric surgeon and get surgery scheduled, but here we are--it's tomorrow.

It's not a major procedure. They have to take the cyst off and tie up the inside, but they have to put her under for it and that's what makes me nervous. Actually, the fact that she can't eat or drink much of anything tomorrow morning makes me really nervous. The doctor says she can have Jello and water before 7:30am, but that's it. So, I am hoping that Abby is okay with Jello and water for breakfast. She loves those Danimals drinking yogurts and the first thing out of her mouth in the morning is usually, "Mommy, I wan a gogo!" (Mommy, I want a yogurt!) So wish me luck trying to convince Abby that the gogo is all gone tomorrow.

Abby will be home tomorrow, but she probably won't feel very good after the anesthesia, so we plan to spent a few days at home recooperating. We'll let you know how it goes tomorrow!