Elijah G-Tube/Nissen Surgery Recovery Vid. #2

3 days after his surgery. You can tell he was trying so hard to be a good boy. Considering what he'd just been through we can't believe he was in a plesant mood at all.

Severe reflux combined with feeding issues associated with a cleft palate Elijah constantly struggled to gain weight. He finally had his G-Tube/Nissen Fundoplication surgery at 5 months of age. He weighed 9 lbs. 6 oz.

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• Elijah
• G-Tube
• Nissen
• Fundoplication
• Surgery
• Recovery
• Cleft
• Palate

[vickyyy15]

Ahh poor thing.

I had a different surgery done laproscopically last august - i have formed adhesions and hopefully getting them removed soon - fingers crossed.

I also might be getting a feeding tube.

Does his g-tube bother him ?

give him hugs + kisses from me - hes a very brave boy.

love vicky xx

[ElijahEsMom]

his g-tube actually doesn't bother him at all. He's had it for so long that he doesn't really know life without it! He's learned how to adapt his activity and play around it, for example learned to slide off couches and down stairs on his bottom or back instead of the traditional tummy method of most learning toddlers. Thanks for his hugs & kisses, our boy can never have too many :-)

[vickyyy15]

awh he is so gorgeous.

was the fundo done by keyhole ?

i hope he is better now xxxxxxx

[ElijahEsMom]

It was done laprascopically, and unfortunately much later during an upper endoscopy we found out the fundo was an unsuccessful surgery. He is doing well though now, and still has his g-tube at 2 1/2. Good luck to you with your surgery, and God bless you! Thanks for watching!

[xenahead]

awe poor brave baby - he is very beautiful and lucky to have such loving parents

[foziebear66]

he is so so beautiful, i hope is is doing okay now.. what a treasure!!