We’re home (long and with pics)

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   And as soon as the girls hit their cots they were fast asleep. They have both been realy good considering what a horrible place hospital is for them with all the noise and lights and constant disturbance.

Sienna came thru her surgery like a trooper. They did it telescopically thru her girly bits so no scar which is good, although while they were in there they discovered two blockages instead of the one they originally thought was there. They've been fixed tho and she has to have a follow up scan in 3 months to make sure they don't redevelop as apparently they sometimes grow back. She had another MCU scan where they run dye thru the kidneys and the reflux is still there, they don't expect that to improve for a couple of years so she has to stay on antibiotics till then. She will see the specialist every three months for the next 2 years or so and presumably have more follow up scans/MCU's to monitor progress. She also had a DTPA kidney function test this morning which we will get the results for tomorrow.

She recovered really well from the anasthetic, it's been hard as she has had a catheter, IV and pulse/ox machine attached so I haven't been able to pick her up, we even had to feed her propped on a pillow in the cot. Mercedes was really tolerant, she slept in the bassinette part of the Mountain Buggy even tho she is a bit big for it.

Unfortunately it looks like Mercedes has a similar problem to Sienna, they did a scan of her kidneys just to rule out any issues, and discovered she also has a blockage. But hers is only Grade I (Sienna's is Grade IV) so at this stage they have decided to leave her and rescan in 3 months to see whether it has improved/gotten worse etc.

So that's our long story. I'm stoked to be home after only 2 nights when we were originally told 5. Oh and did I mention that they didn't feed me even tho they are supposed to feed breastfeeding Mum's - seems no one told the kitchen about my dairy free diet despite me ringing the hospital twice before we went in and telling the nurse when we first arrived. They also didn't order the right formula for the girls either so just as well I managed to express enough milk to get us thru till it finally arrived the next morning.

Can't fault the nurses that looked after us tho, they were brilliant, helped me feed the girls and bath Mercedes (Sienna wasn't allowed to have a bath coz of the tubes)and looked after one or other baby while I took the other one for scans etc.

Sorry for the novel, hope at least some of you are still awake!

Edited by Maya