Back on March 9th, Kinley had a check up with Dr. S, the surgeon who did her repair surgery. Kevin and I were expecting to hear that Dr. S would like to go in sometime this year and fix the hernia that was created during her repair surgery since Kinley has not had any major complications with her initial repair and has been fairly healthy.
Let me backtrack for just a moment to get everyone on the same page. When Kinley had her CDH repair surgery there was not enough room in her abdomen to accommodate her stomach and intestines since they had been growing in her chest cavity. Dr. S was able to bring her stomach and intestines down to her abdomen, but was not able to close all the layers of skin, just the top couple of layers. Hence a hernia was created during her CDH repair surgery. We were told that in time her abdomen would expand and sometime in the future she would need another surgery to close the innermost layers of skin in her abdomen.
We were surprised to hear that Dr. S was not in any hurry to correct that minor hernia. He said that since she is doing well and does not seem to be bothered by the hernia that we could wait until she was bigger and stronger before doing another surgery. He said that we could wait up until she was 7 years old as long as it does not seem to bother her. Seven years is the magic number since that is approximately how long lungs continue to develop. Kinley had a chest x-ray just to make sure everything was where it should be and then we were on our way. It was a short and sweet appointment and she does not have another appointment for a year.
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