It's Out!!

The magnet ordeal is finally over!! Emery and I headed for the Phoenix Children's Hospital at 7am yesterday. I had never been there, but we had a great experience. Our doctors were wonderful. Emery had one last x-ray and the technicians allowed us to view it right away. They were teasing her calling her "magnetic girl"! There was a great play area that she enjoyed with other patients while I spoke with the doctors. There was a question whether or not the magnet was in the small intestine, but we went ahead with the procedure anyway. Emery was rolled on a "princess" bed. Everyone who walked by her waved and called her "princess". She thought she was so special. The only hard part was when they put the mask on Emery to put her to sleep she started to cry. Once she was asleep I gave her a kiss and left the room. I got a little teary because it reminded me so much of Sam. Everything looked, smelled and felt so similar. No one likes to see their child scared. Fortunately, the doctor came out 10 minutes later holding the magnet. He had pictures of the magnet in her stomach. The magnet was next to the opening to her small intestine and twice the size of the hole. It would never had passed. The doctor had a little trouble getting the magnet out and he kept asking how did she swallow it and not choke. That is the miracle!! The anesthesiologist even came out giving me a hug telling me how great she did. They all knew Sam had died so they were very kind. Thirty minutes later I was with Emery. She was groggy, but not crying! The nurse told me all of the side effects to expect: vomiting, sleepy, coughing, a little blood in her stool. Well, she has done so well she had a friend over yesterday evening. In fact I think it made her hyper!! Thank goodness for great people who are willing to spend years in school so this could go so smoothly. The magnet was beginning to adhere to her stomach and as you can see was rusting. If I had never known she swallowed it she would have gotten quite sick and had health problems for a long time. Thank goodness she said something!