Surgery Special: THREE for ONE

As I posted previously, Teryn had not been tolerating anything going into her stomach and was having excess drainage from there as well. We were moved to ICU Wednesday morning and
DR. K was willing to give her another day of observation instead of going straight into surgery. Thursday throughout the day we had to call the surgery team numerous times. Her pain was not under control, she began having swelling in her legs and eventually her whole body. Around 6pm she began having sever acute pains that would make her arch her back and look like she was about to come out of the bed.
Thankfully by this time mom and dad had made it into town so I wasn't on my own. Around 6:30 Dr. K came out of surgery and came up to see her. The team had been communicating with him all day as he was in the OR. He came to her bedside, looked at her and felt her belly and then just stared me in the eye for a few seconds. I knew exactly what he meant without him even saying it. Then he did. He said this had gone on long enough. Her vitals were better but her body was still very sick. He would not sleep if something was not done right away. I agreed.
He stepped out of the room and immediately began preparing the OR.
The two nurses we have had since we came up to ICU on Wed have been wonderful, thorough, precise, and caring. I am so glad they were the ones who got her and I told them so. After Dr. K walked out to head nurse turned to me and said, "I am so glad this is the decision. I knew this was what needed to happen but I didn't want to be the one to say so." I was glad to have a little more validation.
I was very concerned about the risks of doing yet another surgery. But I knew that Dr. K was not making this decision lightly. I knew from watching him and from the nurses observations that this was very heavy on him and he was wanting to do the right thing.
Within minutes they were drawing labs and preparing Teryn for surgery. By 7:00 they were taking her down to the OR. Dr. K called me less than 2 hours later to tell me they were finished with surgery and they had indeed found a problem in her intestines. About midway down there was an adhesion band (scarring) that was causing pressure and obstruction. Everything above the adhesion was swollen and everything below it was not. Because of this they are pretty confident this was the main cause of the problems. The adhesion appeared to be old so it must have come from a previous surgery. They said it could happen a many number of ways and possible just from opening her up.
She is back in ICU now and continuing to be heavily medicated for pain. She was quite whiny last night according to her nurse but I didn't hear her. For the firs time in over 2 weeks I slept a continuous 6 hours. My back is killing me from the chair, but at least I am a little less sleep deprived. Her vitals are looking good. Her urine output is good and the drainage from her stomach has decreased which means hopefully things are beginning to flow properly again.
I cannot thank everyone enough for the intense prayers you have been sending for Teryn. I know that it is only with God that things were caught in time and that the team was able to find a solution. Please continue to keep praying for complete and quick healing. I know this wild little girl is ready to get back to her scooting and rolling routine and I am ready to be chasing her again.

This is a photo of Teryn Tuesday morning before things got too bad. She was swatting at the swinging monkey in the mobile.

This is in ICU just a few hours before deciding to do emergency surgery.
Since being in ICU Grandaddy is the only person she has looked at and payed attention to, otherwise she just shakes her head back and forth and whines.