“Hello, my son had a pull-through surgery for the hirschprungs disease on April 28th. He had roughly 4 inches of his intestines removed. He started to drink a few days later and had two bites of jello, and started vomiting everything. We moved to PICU and have had complications ever since. There is a leak, and it's caused an infection. He has two drains going into his peritoneal cavity. They did that on Mother's day and thought it would allow the leak to heal. About five days ago, one of the drains was leaking from the site. So the day before yesterday, they went in and changed the tube and also pulled out 200ccs and said it was clogged and not allowing it to drain properly. He is in constant pain, on and off fevers, and still eats and drinks very little. We are waiting to speak with our surgeon (Dr.Fischer) today and see what the plan is. We don't seem to get any answers out of her and have expressed our concerns to the PICU doctors, who also say they are having a hard time getting answers as well. The day before yesterday, a different surgeon who is not there often came in and mentioned an ostomy bag. So now we are considering that in the hope it will let his body heal, and he can come home soon, and in a few months, we pray it will be reversed. My boyfriend has been out of work for over a month, and unfortunately, we don't have much family to help us. I also want to thank you again for giving my son the bag of cool things and a tablet. The tablet has allowed him to take his mind off things and play some games. Thank you. ❤” - Casie Menken

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