stressed out!
My 14 yr old daughter was born with gastroschisis 2 mths early through emergency c section. She came home after 5 wks and was doing great.After time she had trouble with constipation and had to take lactulos to soften her stools. When she was five her school friends noticed she had a scar and started asking questions. I asked the teacher if it would be ok to take photo’s of Lauren as a baby to school to show the children how sick she was and what she had been through. This turned out to be a great thing because she was geting a complex as nobody else in her school had been born with gastroschisis. We did approach the doctors about cosmetic surgery as Lauren has no belly button they said when she hits teenage yrs they will start consulting us about cosmetic surgery. Over the last few years i noticed Lauren’s scar has pulled inwards like its being sucked into her stomach. Now Lauren has a new problem that has arisen as she is having problems stretching and playing some sports in school. We have been to see a consultant who has said the scar tissue in her stomach has fused to her stomach muscles,thats why she cant stretch out properly. Has anybody experienced this?
May 9, 2009
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paulaholland В· 
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Tags: baby, constipation, daughter, emergency, home, Lauren, photo, Scar, school, section, stomach, surgery, teacher, time, trouble В· Posted in: Birth Stories
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rustinaelkin - June 30, 2009
Hello my name is Rustina Elkin and my son Dylan is 10 and was born with gastroschisis, he is having some of the same problems. He has not been to the doctor in a while and we have scheduled an appointment to address these issues, he is also having mild pain as well. I am very interested in everything that your doctor has told you, (about everything) he is also having issues as well with children asking questions and making fun. saying no belly button kid and things like that it’s hard but, he is tough and extremely handsome (lol) so he is dealing with it as best as he can. my e-mail is RUSTINAELKIN1@SBCGLOBAL.NET Please contact me! I need all of the different information and different opinions I can get my hands on. Thank you, Rustina Elkin
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