august 20. 2008
Nadia’s surgery went well. We headed to Fairfax Inova(same hospital that Madison had her heart surgery at, and were there for 10 weeks!), on Wednesday the 20th, and after her having to wait half the day without food, Jarom did the walk down where they put her to sleep, and she went into surgery. Her right kidney couldn’t drain because the tube under the kidney that drains to the bladder was too narrow(call the ureter). They cut the narrow part out, and re-attached the ureter to the kidney. They put three drain tubes in her side. One is actually to make sure the ureter doesn’t close up after the swelling comes down. We finally were able to leave Saturday morning, and we high-tailed it out of there. We were grateful it went well, and pray that her kidney function doesn’t decrease anymore. I was so grateful for help with meals, a fun visit from Cody, Cami, and Kaylee at the hospital, and most importantly, Grandma Olson staying with us and taking care of our other girls while Jarom and I were away. We’re very blessed.