We were transferred down to Sheffield Children’s Hospital last night finally.  When we got here, we had already been checked into a little apartment for the duration of Oliver’s stay.  In a funny sort of way, it is like a little hotel setup as well as a hospital…

The treatment here just seems so much better than that in Pinderfields – I guess it is just specific for babies and they seem so much better equipped all round.  We are definitely very pleased that we ended up down here in Sheffield – that being said, we have no idea what it would have been like in Leeds…

Anyway, the great news is that Oliver’s bloods have all come back in good shape this morning, and the operation can go ahead today.  In fact, it is now 12:22pm and he was taken down to theatre at 11:45am so is underway.

If all goes spot on, he will be feeding later today and could be at home with us all tomorrow afternoon.

Elliot is staying at Grandmas so will no doubt be driving them mad already 🙂

The good news is that Oliver bloods are getting to be more like they need to be before an operation can take place.  The bad news is that there is no room at the Inn.  The Inn in this case being Leeds General Infirmary.

So, we are still sat in Pinderfields Ward B counting the hours away….

As Simon sits here, mummy has fortunately been asleep for about 1.5 hours, and Oliver is still laying back sucking away on his doo-doo wide awake as if he had not a care in the world.

We are very hopeful of a short ambulance trip to LGI tomorrow – else we may be in search of a slightly longer trip to Sheffield somewhere.

Elliot has had a full day at nursery today and then Simon took him to the doctors to have his feet and willy checked out.  A strange combo I know, but may as well ask about all things in one go.  Both are AOK although if his feet are still “toeing in” in 6 months, we should take him back in (I guess for splints in his shoes or something)

Fortunately the cheese wire op is off for the time being 🙂

At 10:15 this morning Vicky decided enough was enough and that she was to take Oliver in to A&E.

Simon raced home from the office and met Vicky, Oliver and Clare who had just been ushered onto the examination room.

Oliver was almost immediately given 86ml of saline solution to improve his hydration levels.  Then he was properly examined and we were moved into the children’s ward at Pinderfields.

He had an ultrasound and this confirmed all thoughts – Oliver was indeed suffering from Pyloric Stenosis.

We are now waiting at Pinderfields for a bed to become available at Leeds General Infirmary, at which point we will be transferred and the operation prepared for.  In the mean time, the doctors are presently ensuring that Oliver has enough liquids in his system, and that his blood levels are all correct – they are presently not quite right – in fact they indicate that the issue has been prevalent for about 7 days or so.

Vicky is staying over tonight with Oliver and Simon has come home to spend time with Elliot and take him to school first thing tomorrow.

More as we know more ….

So following a lot more sickliness over the last couple of days, we decided that it would be smart to go and see the doctor.  Something is clearly not right and while we have definitely over considered the whole affair, Vicky decided to get him in to see the doctor today.  The prognosis is that there is a very real possibility that the little guy has Pyloric Stenosis.  He has what ????  Well, one of Simon’s cousins had a similar complication when he was just a few days old, and apparently this is a hereditary situation.

We are now waiting to hear from a paediatrician to see what happens next.  In the mean time we will be getting onto BUPA to see if we can move the situation forward to get the poor little guy out of the pain that he is so clearly in.  As a point in case, he has begun to get really quite upset just after bringing the milk (+ stomach acids) back up.  Can’t say we are surprised really – this is stomach acid that is coming up – so it really must be burning the passages all the way up.  It is certainly getting stronger in stench as the days are passing by.

The good news is that we already decided to cut the quantity of milk but increase the frequency of delivery – this is clearly a smart strategy if the diagnosis is confirmed.

The bad news – this is only going to get worse until the operation clears the issue up, and following which normal service could be resumed 🙂

Will update as soon as we know more…..

Simon’s turn in staying up feeding etc last night – Oliver unloaded most of his 4oz feed on Vicky @ 11pm.  BIG clear up job – is amazing how far the splashes actually get.  There were four individual jets of spew made their way north of Oliver’s throat and then spread out evenly over the bedroom floor.  V thankful for laminate flooring 🙂

Simon managed to get wind out after just about 1 hour of attempts, and so got to sleep just after 1:15am.  We were up again @ 4:40am, and asleep by 6:15am following a 1oz unload.  Awake @ 8:30 am for more milk.  It definitely felt like Simon was simply loading a milk regurgitating machine / pistol overnight 🙁

Vicky went out to get some Dr Browns bottles to give those a try, since we have read that these should help.

Following feed #1 with those bottles, we are still unloading the milk and while it does not feel as much as overnight, it is definitely a whole heap more than two weeks ago.

Gut feeling is that he has a similar cold to the one that Elliot and Mummy have presently.

The really irritating factor is that we can get plenty of wind out at half time, but it seems that when the final whistle goes at full time, he is only interested in leaving the field and not the wind.

We continue to persist…..

Elliot is definitely feeling better today, although is not entirely rid of the cough etc.

Granny Rust (and gang) came over today to see the boys.  Think they found the most amusing part was when Oliver unloaded 20% of his lunch onto the dog.  The dog (Max) was not in the slightest bit bothered it seemed, and actually was rather surprised to find a source of nourishment on his right hand side of his coat.  Pepsi also found this new food source appealing…… NICE !