Surgery Today

Well today was a long day. My little man had surgery this morning to insert a central line in his artery (this is just a different type of IV line). The surgery took a little over two hours, but he did really good and didn't even need a transfusion. He was still feeling the effects of the anesthesia when we left at midnight, but had started to try to wake up. He was opening his eyes and moving his arms and legs. He will still be on the vent (the machine that breathes for him) until tomorrow morning so he can rest and recover from the surgery. This procedure took a lot out of him, but hopefully he will be able to get the fluids and extra nutrition to help him gain weight. He needs to be 1800 grams before the surgeon will do his bowl repair and right now he is 1100 gram. So we will let you know how he is doing tomorrow and has had time to get over the effects of the surgery.