my baby girl was born in december with an imperforate anus with a vestibular fistula.. she avoided a colostomy and had a psrap (pull thru at 2 months old)......since then she has had around 6 IUA (investigation under anasthetic) and dialatations.....(i have not had to dialate at home) at the last IUA they discovered a rectovaginal fistula (which i think has been present for a while as i had noticed poo in that region before) she is due for more major surgery in august....she will be 9 months old....
i have tried for months to make sense of it all and it is no comfort that all the things that have happened to her have (in the doctors words) "just been one of those things"... it makes an otherwise positive mum question just how many more things can happen without cause or explanation.
wikipedia is my enemy....as the condition is so rare the information that i have found on it differs so greatly im still none the wiser...
im scared for her future, her continence, her happiness she on the other hand couldnt give a monkeys..... she is the happiest baby ive ever known...surpassing all her milestones (crawling at 5 months standing at 7) shes determined to make up for any abnormalities.
wondering if any other mums have a child with this condition or any mums that were born with it.....im sick of the statistics...