1/20/11

The surgery appears to be a success.

Omi was still a bit out of it when we left tonight, but seems to be doing okay.

He was scheduled for 8:30am this morning, but ended up not going in for his procedure until about 1:30pm. 
He had to go back on the ventilator and will probably be on it for a couple days until he's strong enough for them to take it out. They don't seem to think he will be on for long.

We might have dodged a bullet today, cause they said his hernia was stuck again when they examined him right before surgery. The fear was that his intestine would become stuck, inflamed and blood supply would be cut off. If left untreated, he could have lost part of his intestine and that would have been a pretty big emergency with a big chance for a bad outcome. So, we're pretty happy with the way things turned out today.

Bottom line; he did great and looks somewhat normal "down there" now. Poor kid.

Now we just have to give him a bit of time to heal, kick the vent (again) and hopefully go back to St. Luke's to finish up the rest of his journey.

Thanks to everyone again for all the kind words, prayers, good vibes and support.