tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391989520538463041.post4275884465455472014..comments2023-04-02T10:27:41.081-04:00Comments on Blaise: Home again, home again...Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106624829472521023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391989520538463041.post-49062449226324295992016-01-27T10:50:19.917-05:002016-01-27T10:50:19.917-05:00After her first surgery and a contrast study to de...After her first surgery and a contrast study to determine if she had any large intestine, we knew that Blaise had her entire duodenum, a short portion of jejunum, her entire colon, and probably some amount of ileum attached to the large intestine. During the second surgery, they discovered that she did have more terminal ileum than they had thought and they also found an additional piece of intestine that they were able to attach between the upper and lower tracts. The thing is that we don't know for sure what kind of intestine that middle piece is, but the team's best guess at the time was that it was at least partly jejunum. <br /><br />Ultimately, following that second surgery, we were told she had approximately 45cm of intestine from the end of her duodenum and that she probably had some amount of all three kinds of small bowel. One thing I can tell you is that our team went VERY slowly with feeds, oral and tube-based, and it frustrated the living daylights out of us but it did end up working out very well. <br /><br />Please just let us know if we can answer any other questions - best wishes to your family, and feel free to write any time. bjbalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263646233391070861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391989520538463041.post-5242585401614805482016-01-25T19:20:46.278-05:002016-01-25T19:20:46.278-05:00By any chance do you know which part of small inte...By any chance do you know which part of small intestine Blaise has removed ? And how much ... I just gave birth to my son a week before his due date in a matter of 3 hours we were told he needed surgery do to volvuous of his mid gut .. Best day he needed another surgery to removed some more and attach the ends .. IV been doing tons of research trying to learn as much as I can to maybe even figure out a time frame of how long for tube feedings and things of this nature I have went back to your very 1st post and have been reading them all IV been looking into so many cases .. He now has 42 cm of gut but unfortunately it was mainly his jenjum which restricts him from taking my milk because they can't increase feeds with it being that it is to fatty .. Sorry for the long ramble just this past week has been rough me an my fiancé had no idea it was a healthy pregnancy up until birth after giving birth we were hit with spikes curve balls now we're just trying to remove the spikes one by one Hopeful thinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813557036776250148noreply@blogger.com