Dr. Cromer said that a Fistula was hard to find, but that she was positive that it was there, and that the Fistula would have to be corrected surgically.  The thought of Jennifer having to go through surgery was terrifying because of all that she had already gone through.  I also asked Dr.Cromer why, when Jennifer swallowed, her normal mouth secretions did not pass through the fistula - she never did answer that question. It turned out that they spent about two weeks trying to find that Fistula using various methods - the last of which was a Bronchoscopy, which proved once and for all that there was no Fistula.  So then what did happen the night of May 7- no one wants to respond to that question.

I wrote to Dr. Rubin twice asking those same questions, but received absolutely no response. Now after further inquiry, the hospital administration tells me that Dr. Rubin is in South Africa.  We stayed at the NICU till 8:00 PM that night.  Just before we left one of the nurse's talked with Dr. Cromer, and after that talk, Dr. Cromer told us that if we did not believe what she said, that we could talk to Dr. King about it.  One of the things that bothers me the most, is that Dr. King kept telling me that she was concerned that Jennifer must be fed in the normal manner soon if she is to survive, but Jennifer could not be fed in the normal manner while they were trying to look for that elusive Fistula for two weeks.