Ruthie's start in this life wasnt an easy one! After she was born she would cry a lot and they couldnt figure out why! Starting July 7th Blair took her to the doctor because she had a seizure. They found her glucose levels to be super high.
She went through lots of tests and was poked and proded with a lot of needles and tubes.
Finally she was diagnosed with Congenital Hyperinsulinism which is a rare disease where her pancreas was over producing insulin cause severe Hypoglycemia.
They gave her some medicine to help but it didnt work.
Then, Aug. 14th they were taking by an ambulance to a private jet and flown to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the only place in the country for the PET scan they needed.
On Aug. 23rd the surgeon (the only one in the nation that performs this surgery) removed 5% of Ruthie's pancreas.
As she started to recover she got Pancreatitis and had to stay in the NICU for a couple extra weeks til she could recover from throwing up.
Sept. 10th they had to monitor her glucose levels for 5 days and had to have a tube for her feedings.
Sept. 19th was her last procedure with some nuclear medicine studies.
She was diagnosed with severe Reflux.
And finally Blair and Ruthie got to come home! They camp home at night and surprised the other girls when they were home in the morning!
They still (December) have to continue the medicine through her tube but now they can put it in and out when needed! She's now a lot happier of a girl!
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