On Friday, July 8th, my brother called me to let us know they had taken baby Pierce to a regional hospital in southwest Kansas. Pierce, now 6 weeks old, had lost a pound and weighed the same as the day he was born. He received an IV and was restricted to a diet of Pedialyte, which he still was not keeping down. My brother thought it was Pyloric Stenosis, but the sonogram wasn't detecting it. We recommended they move to a hospital that has seen this before. By that point, they were thinking the same thing.
Saturday morning around 12:45 am, baby Pierce and his mom were loaded on an ambulance and transferred to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. I met my brother in Greensburg, KS and we drove to Wichita together - arriving at 4:30am, Saturday morning. It was nice to have someone else there to keep each other awake. The tests at Wesley did show Pyloric Stenosis - a swelling of the pylorus valve around the entrance to the small intestine. This usually occurs around 3 to 6 weeks in newborns. If you are interested, you can read more about Pyloric Stenosis here.
Pierce underwent surgery yesterday afternoon and the surgeon said it was a "cookie-cut case". They are gradually increasing his fluids and slowly mixing back in his mother's milk. I've never seen a baby that looked so hungry. All I could think is, "Boy, will he be glad to finally get a drink of milk." We are very thankful that our nephew is on the mend.
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