Well, It's been a while since I posted anything on here. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. One of my very close girlfriends went through a really tough time with her incredibly strong baby girl Colby, who was only 2 months at the time. I had received news that Colby was in the Dawson Creek hospital hooked up to IV as she was not keeping down and fluids. Like any parent they figured it may have had something to do with the formula she was on. When switching formula didn't help at all they decided to take her in to see what was wrong. They got admitted into the hospital with baby Colby on IV. The hospital was going to let them go home for the night after they had an ultrasound first. The ultrasound turned up a problem. Colby was diagnosed with Pyloric Stenosis. "Normally, food passes easily from the stomach into the first part of the small intestine through a valve called the pylorus. In pyloric stenosis, the muscles of the pylorus are thickened. This prevents the stomach from emptying into the small intestine" Therefore causing poor baby Colby the inability to pass her food.
They were then rushed to Grande Prairie hospital, as the hospital here in Dawson is not able to preform the procedure to bring baby Colby back to perfect health. Kelsey (mother) has a type of hemophilia and brought this subject up in concern that her child may have this blood disorder as well. The risk was too great to preform the surgery without knowing if Colby was a hemophiliac as well. From Grande Prairie they were flown to Edmonton where a hemotologist was able to determine whether or not Colby had this condition. It took a few days to get the results back. They were negative! Thank god!
They were then able to preform the surgery in the Edmonton hospital. Where everything went perfectly. Kelsey and Colby came home a few days after the surgery. Both are doing well and it just shows how strong one little girl can be. Not to mention her mother. Even though Kelsey has no idea how I feel about her, she is my beacon of strength. It just amazes me at how much she has been through in her life and she always tries her best to keep a smile on her face. Kelsey Jo Pattie, sweety I am so proud of you! You are an incredible mom, friend, and fiancé. I pray that your hardship is over now and you can sit back and enjoy life. You are a fantastic role model. I love you!
She is an amazing woman, and obviously, baby Colby has taken on her momma's strength. I thought about them constantly while they were going through this struggle. Kelsey sure made an impression on me, considering I've only met her a couple of times, but I feel connected. It's amazing. I'm so happy they are all well now :)
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