11/23/2009 Update

I think John will later document some things from his visit to the hospital today. On my end of things, the only thing I really have to update is that I think we've gotten the ball rolling on scheduling his hopefully last surgery (choanal atresia repair) during this hospitalization. If all is well, there is a good chance that he will be scheduled for surgery next week! We're pretty certain, however, that he will need to stay in the hospital until the stents are removed from his nasal passages and any feeding issues can be resolved. He is currently being fed through an OG tube which goes in his mouth and right to his stomach. He will probably need to be fed through an NG tube going from his nose or through a gastrostomy tube which would go directly through his stomach. It would definitely be a miracle if Chi would be able to eat normally when discharged from the hospital.