Ian update

Nothing went exactly as planned.
We arrived at St Mary's hospital at 8:30 for Ian's 9:00 procedure. At 11:32 the procedure finally started. They put some tools up his butt to reach the coins in his intestine. While they had him under, a neurologist tested the nerves that control his bowels. There is function there, but it is weak. We don't know exactly what that implies yet.

They managed to retrieve one badly stained nickel. They weren't able to reach the rest of the metal due to a "shelf" of skin that made it hard to navigate to them. So they stuffed a tube down his nose and plan to flush out the intestines from the stomach side.

When Ian woke up with a tube in his nose and an IV in his hand, he was not a happy camper. He had restraints on his arms to prevent him from pulling out tubes, but being resourceful, he pulled the one out of his nose anyway. After that he stopped fussing and slept for a few hours.

Later a new tube went down with no problem. Now he is happily eating jello and playing with a cool little toy while gallons of fluid are being pumped into his tummy.
I hope this flush works.