Sadie's Hospital Visit

6:30 a.m. Yes, 6:30 a.m. This is the time this morning that we checked into Wesley Hospital to have a scheduled CT scan and bronchoscope done on Ms. Sadie. After being checked in we ventured to building 4 and went up to the Pediatric Sedation Unit on the 6th floor. She was pretty tired from getting up so early and was pretty laid back. The first IV that they tried to put in went well....until the nurse blew it. The next attempt was not as pleasant, but worked. IV in---check. The CT scan was scheduled for 8. We got there around 8:30 or so. The original plan was to sedate Sadie for both procedures. The radiology techs had a different idea. They wanted to try to have her lay very still on a table while she was put in and out of the CT machine. That lasted all of 10 seconds. Then came the sedative. She slept like a rock and had the scan like a pro! :) After her scan we went back up to her room on the 6th floor and waited for Dr. Riva to do the bronchoscope. Around 9:30 she came in and said that we would not be doing the bronchoscope. The CT scan showed that Sadie has a Pulmonary Serquestion. WHAT??? Pulmonary Sequestion. It is not hereditary. It just happens. It is tissue that formed outside of the lung. The tissue has blood vessels attached to it. Large blood vessels. This tissue is the cause of her constant infections. The bad news....it has to be removed. Surgery. The hardest part of the surgery is removing these large blood vessels. There is no option with the surgery. She has to have it. If we didn't do anything about this tissue it will continue to cause infection and could also cause cancer. We have two pediatric pulmonary surgeons that we are conferring with now. The next step is to have an office visit with them...consult...and decide when to have the surgery. Hopefully we can wait a little while until she gets older. She's doing fine now. A little sleepy, but all in all she's doing well. What a trooper she is. :)