Ava Update

First of all, thank you to everyone who has texted, emailed, said a prayer or sent warm thoughts our way.  After continued vomiting and exhaustion last night, Ava went into surgery this morning around 7:30am and they used a scope with a camera to check out her intestines.  They were very distended due to blockage and the doctor wanted to see exactly what was going on.  He went in with the possibility of needing to remove part of the intestines if there was dead tissue due to the blockage as well.  What he found was a lot of scar tissue in the intestines causing this blockage but no dead tissue.  The scar tissue is from Ava's previous G-tube (feeding tube) surgery and has continued to form in the small belly of hers over time.  Anyone who has undergone a surgery is at risk for the formation of scar tissue and in Ava's case she had quite a bit.  In the few hours they removed a lot of this tissue throughout her intestines going through from end to end three times.  They said that this tissue could reform causing blockage in another couple years, in 20 years, or never.  The good news now is that we know what to do if she ever has similar symptoms.  So from here Ava has a temporary feeding tube in her nose and is getting IV fluids.  She won't vomit with the feeding tube placed and slowly her intestines will "wake up." The doctor said this process can take a few days or until the end of the week and our goal is to have her going to the bathroom on her own and taking all food and drink on her own.  Until then we will make her as happy and as comfortable as possible and thank God for her start on this road to recovery.  Continued prayers would be wonderful and thank you so much for all your love and support.