Luca is very sick

I have a feeling it might be this:

Babies face surgery by just 6 weeks' old
Each year in the UK, around 1000 babies with a condition called pyloric stenosis must have an urgent operation under general anaesthetic.


Babies with pyloric stenosis seem healthy at birth. But, by the tender age of just 3 to 6 weeks' old, their life is put in danger by severe vomiting and dehydration. This quickly becomes so bad that the babies can't keep any milk down. Without surgery, they would soon die.

Most operations are successful, though some babies suffer complications such as infected wounds.

A knowledge gap limits how doctors can help
Doctors know relatively little about pyloric stenosis, apart from the fact that the exit from the baby's stomach becomes blocked by abnormally thickened muscle.

No-one can predict which babies will develop the condition, even though it seems to run in families. Doctors can't make a diagnosis until babies are already poorly, and they rely on a surgical treatment that was first introduced in 1911.

We posted at the same time!

I have done a bit of research on it just incase we have to go down that path too!

Edited by peachy

My DH's Mum, Aunty and Uncle were all born with it and they are now in there 50's. They all had the small operation at birth and none have had any problems or symptoms since birth, so if they could fix it way back then, I am sure they have come along way since and have even better ways of correcting it!

The first signs to look for are no number 2 bowel motions. This is what I have to watch for up until 6 weeks old as this is the only way they can tell if it has developed or not!

Hope she gets some answers soon though and that its nothing to serious!

hope all goes well for them. easy to say try not to stress.. but hopefully alls well.

I knw how you must feel - a bit helpless (my friends baby gets rushed to hospital alot and I feel like I should do something but what?!) Just be there for her.

As for not hearing - alot of hospitals won't let you use your phone so unless she goes outside she can't use it. Is the hospital local? can you ring and ask for her - they should be able to take the phone to her.

*hugs* to you and your sis

Awwww, I hope he's OK.  He's in the best place he can be, in hospital.  I hope you can get hold of her if you haven't heard anything for a while... she might really like to hear from you (hospital stays can get boring and lonely for the mums). 

He's got my prayers too Renee. Thinking of you, Luca and your SS. I hope he recovers quickly.

Hope the surgery goes well tomorrow

Oh dear - thinking of you and your family....

Big hugs Renee! I hope that wee Luca's problem is easily fixed. Having your little one need surgery is scary but in my (now unfortuntately very vast) experience, the staff who work with babies are also great with anxious parents and when Sienna had her surgery at 8 weeks they were quick to reassure me and to respond to any of my concerns.
Thinking of you guys and praying for wee Luca.