Yup, a Nissen . We are out of options to treat Rhett's reflux. It has gone from bad to worse, and could be causing his apnea which in turn is a big contributer to his Pulmonary Hypertension.
Today was our Cardiology appointment, and the chest xray showed that his heart is enlarged again. They are going to sneek an echo in when he has his MRI next monday . His dr . wants to see how thick the walls of the heart have gotten. If it shows increased pulmonary pressures then he will schedule a cath in the next few weeks as well.
With the Nissen , it should stop him from refluxing thus not damaging his airway and esophagus anymore. His Cardiologist thinks that when he is sleeping he refluxes then it stresses his heart and causes his heart rate to go from his relaxed 57 to 156. This is all just taking a huge toll on his whole body.
As much as I don't want to see him go through another surgery, if this will fix things, then I am all for it. I am also happy that it's just reflux and nothing serious with his heart. That is such a huge blessing. We can totally deal with reflux!
When Rhett had his hernia operation last year the surgeon who did it said that he would probably need a Nissen before he was three, but she didn't want to do it until he really needed it.
Also, another really cool thing....Rhett has coils in his intestines from his hernia repair! They looked way cool on the xray . I knew he had staples and a patch, but I had no idea he had coils. In fact it threw his Cardiologist off, because he thought he had put the coils in, and was trying to figure out how they got clear down there! He had no idea they put coils in when they did a hernia repair.
Guess what we get?
Yup, a Nissen . We are out of options to treat Rhett's reflux. It has gone from bad to worse, and could be causing his apnea which in turn is a big contributer to his Pulmonary Hypertension.
Today was our Cardiology appointment, and the chest xray showed that his heart is enlarged again. They are going to sneek an echo in when he has his MRI next monday . His dr . wants to see how thick the walls of the heart have gotten. If it shows increased pulmonary pressures then he will schedule a cath in the next few weeks as well.
With the Nissen , it should stop him from refluxing thus not damaging his airway and esophagus anymore. His Cardiologist thinks that when he is sleeping he refluxes then it stresses his heart and causes his heart rate to go from his relaxed 57 to 156. This is all just taking a huge toll on his whole body.
As much as I don't want to see him go through another surgery, if this will fix things, then I am all for it. I am also happy that it's just reflux and nothing serious with his heart. That is such a huge blessing. We can totally deal with reflux!
When Rhett had his hernia operation last year the surgeon who did it said that he would probably need a Nissen before he was three, but she didn't want to do it until he really needed it.
Also, another really cool thing....Rhett has coils in his intestines from his hernia repair! They looked way cool on the xray . I knew he had staples and a patch, but I had no idea he had coils. In fact it threw his Cardiologist off, because he thought he had put the coils in, and was trying to figure out how they got clear down there! He had no idea they put coils in when they did a hernia repair.
My little guy is full of cool stuff!