Tough Like Tessa
06 March
Recently, Tessa spent three days at Mayo hospital as she received sclerotherapy treatments to reduce the size of her malformation. She was poked, prodded, sedated, and bothered every couple of hours for those three days. She had a picc line in her arm, a catheter in her abdomen, and an IV in her foot. It was a difficult three days, but she did so well despite all of that- and her malformation has gone down in size. We're so thankful for the many prayers that were sent up on this little girl's behalf, and it was amazing to see them at work!
It was during this time that we could really see the power of prayer. Tessa had not eaten anything for 7 hours at this point. The hospital was backed up, and her procedure kept getting pushed back. We just had to sit in one room and wait. But she didn't fuss once. She napped, and then played with toys, and then napped some more. It was such a blessing.
The circled portion is the part of her malformation that they would be inserting a catheter into and injecting with medicine. The medicine would sit in that cyst for 6 hours and scar the lining of the cyst. After 6 hours, they opened the catheter and let the medicine and other fluids drain into a bag. As the lining of the cyst gets scarred from the medicine, it eventually collapses, and hopefully just gets reabsorbed into her body instead of filling back up with fluid.
Heading down to her first procedure
She would be very sleepy for awhile after her procedure as the sedation wore off.
But then she would feel a little better later in the day and would even give a few smiles (ps...she's not bruised here, that's just dye from the procedure).
Heading back home after everything was finished. 🙌🏼
My heart goes out to the moms of children who have long hospital stays. It's not easy, and I lift them all up in prayer that they would receive the strength they need to tackle each day.
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She is AMAZING! Love her so much and I am so thankful that everything went well. Praying that it stays this way! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a little doll. What an ordeal for your sweet baby, and your sweet family. Sending lots of hugs & will keep praying. XO
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