Thursday, November 24, 2011

Surgery update

Well the surgery went as planned. Bodie did well and we went to see him after the surgery in the PICU.

He was swollen and unhappy. It was a long 48 hours and then the Doctors noticed a problem. The right side was not adjusting correctly. They had to go back in under anethesia and fix the problem. His skin was stretched so tight that it was holding the adjusters from moving. So they cut the skin/flesh so it could move where they needed it.

After a looooooooong eight days we were able to come home. Wade stayed with Paula because he had picked up a cold, (more on that later).

And now the pics...

Before: (He was as happy as can be)


After:









Finally starting to feel a little better:


Corinne even stopped by for a visit to cheer him up:






The jaw distractors will come of just before Christmas hopefully.

Wade came home sick from Paula's & despite our best efforts to keep him quarantined, Bodie got sick.

After a trip to the ER he's back home on antibiotics & improving slightly.

This has been a hard month on all of us so far.

RH




Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Big Surgery tomorrow

Tomorrow is the big day. Jaw distraction surgery (again) and closing the cleft palate.

I'm nervous mostly due to anestesia fears more than anything.

I hate that Bodie has to endue yet another surgery that will leave him immobile, sore, hurt, scarred and helpless but I know the results will be worth the suffering in the end.

Oh to be rid of that damn trach!

Praying everything goes smooth for the Surgical team & for my beautiful son.

RH