Our twins, Reese and Hayden, have surgery today. They both have hernias that have to be repaired. Hayden has a double hernia that has to be fixed. Here are some questions that I had and then I’ve been asked about this…
- Is it common? Yes. It’s common in premature babies. Our twins were born four weeks early.
- What is it? It’s a lower hernia where the intestines are involved. The nontechnical explanation is that there is a tearing that has allowed their intestines to fall down into the lower parts of their body.
- Does it hurt them? Yes! Sometimes it doesn’t but there are times when they cry and it’s obvious they were in pain.
- Is it out-patient surgery? Yes. We have to be at the hospital at 5:30 AM. Hayden goes in first at 7:15 AM and Reese will be after. The surgery will take about an hour each. We hope to be able to take them home by 1:00 PM or so.
- Where is the surgery taking place? Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. We are blessed by God to live close to CHKD. It’s amazing!
- Are we nervous? Yes! The doctor said that theirs were bad enough he would have done surgery immediately. That was over a month ago. We had to wait because of the risk of the anesthesia. They don’t like to give it to babies until they are six months old. Our twins are four months old this coming Wednesday. We trust God completely, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t nervous. They called on Friday to give us the details and one of the questions they asked Monica was what our religious preference was. They needed to know in case something goes wrong with the surgery. Monica told them that her husband was a pastor. The woman on the phone said that it didn’t matter because I would not want to minister to myself. When my wife was asked that it sunk in how serious this really is.
We’d appreciate the prayers today and tomorrow as they heal. If you haven’t met them yet here are their latest pictures. Thanks for praying.
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Update: Reese and Hayden were super troopers! They did great and are now at home recovering. Thanks for the prayers.
My our God be present today with each and every staff member, doctor and nurse who will be with Hayden & Reese today. May they each seek God's direction first. I pray that Hayden, Reese and family feel the love and touch of Jesus while they are preparing, during and after surgery and know that many are in prayer today and during their recovery time. I also pray that this will be an opportunity to show our God is alive and give Him all the honor, praise and glory!
Love you guys!
Definitely praying!! Our God is a God of miracles and healing and he definitely loves and cares for you and your little ones!!
prayers up rob. for them. for you. for the doctors.
Just read this (6:50) and have stopped to pray for all 4 of you right now. Please keep us posted.
I will be thinking of you and your family throughout the day and raising up my voice in continual prayer. May God bless you and keep you through this (and beyond).
Praying for peace for you & Monica & that God
will keep Hayden & Reese in His hands.
It isn't easy to see your children suffer, but know that God is holding them in His hands and will take great care. He will never give us more than we can handle. I'm praying for your family today and for the days to come.
Jennifer
Hey Rob. Cute twins man. I'll be praying for them, your wife and you.
Praying for them today, Rob.
Prayers for you guys!!!
Praying and believing for a100% recovery!
I'm sorry to hear this! Praying for you and the twins 🙂
Thanks Karrieanne! Praise God they are all right!
Thanks Steph!
They worked. Everything went great!
Bill, things went really well. Thank God!
Laura, we appreciate it so much!
Thanks Jennifer!
Thanks Moe! I appreciate it so much.
Thanks Dustin. Your post was most excellent today!
Torcon1, thank you so much!
Cindy, thank you for your thoughts and prayers!
Thanks for the update – glad to hear that everything went well!
God is GREAT!!!! Glad they are doing well. You are absolutely right when you said they are troopers 🙂
They are ADORABLE!! Praising God with for surgery gone well!!