Good evening! First, we must thank you for your prayers today on Caleb's behalf. He did fine during surgery, although the surgeon did mention he had a bad spell before they could get started. He was quite blue according to the surgeon...ugh, not what a mom and dad want to hear. Apparently, as soon as they got the shunt in place, he was much better. We are just so thankful that this first surgery is done and are hoping that his recovery is as smooth as possible. He was having trouble keeping his blood pressure up after surgery, so they were keeping a close eye on that and giving him lots of extra fluid to try and get his pressure back up. Here's hoping it worked. There is no way to even describe how many tubes were going into our boy and how many IV bags and other medicines were hanging from the wall...too many to count! Hopefully they will be able to start taking a bunch of them away tomorrow. For tonight, they were going to keep him sedated so he would not get uncomfortable and reassess him in the morning to see which of the medicines they could start taking away...
Please pray for a very smooth night with no complications during his recovery!
Thank you SO much!
Joanna
It's 3am and I'm awake.
ReplyDeletePraying for you guys, and reading with great joy that Caleb's surgery is OVER!!
It has got to be so very hard to watch him plugged in to so many devices, when what you really want to do is snuggle him and breathe him in and never let him go. (My mother's heart just wants to reach through my computer monitor and scoop him up!)
Thank you for keeping me updated on how things are going. I know it takes a lot out of you to watch your sick baby, talk with hundreds of nurses and doctors, sit on pins and needles through a surgery, and then try to sit down and rub two coherent thoughts together to explain things for the rest of us, but I really appreciate knowing how to pray for your family specifically.
-Erin
Thanks for updating! I will keep Caleb and your entire family in my prayers. Reading your posts bring back so many memories for me- it makes me pray even harder for you guys!
ReplyDeletePraying for a speedy recovery for Caleb and peace for all of you!
Wow, that photo brought back a lot of memories for me, too. I'm so glad the surgery has completed successfuly. I hope recovery goes smoothly and that you can all go home soon!
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