Surgery Day

Here is a rundown of our day so far.

6:00 am - Cory, Stefanie & Jack arrive at Children's Mercy Hospital to begin the pre-operative process. We meet with the anesthesiologist and the surgeon and they take Jack's vitals and weight. Everything looks good and surgery will happen as scheduled.

7:30 am - Cory and Stefanie give Jack hugs and kisses as the surgical nurse takes him to the operating room. The hardest moment of our lives! We are directed to the surgery waiting room where our family will sit with us for the day.

8:40 am - Nurse calls with update. He did well with the anesthesia and "went to sleep with a smile on his face". The first incision was made at 8:30 am.

10:00 am - Call from nurse. He is doing great and has received his first unit of blood. No issues.

11:30 am - Update from nurse. He is still doing very well and the surgeon is working away. They started a second unit of blood. It could be 1 or 2 more hours before surgery is complete.

12:15 pm - Surgeon met with us to discuss Jack's progress. Turns out he had 4 sutures that had closed prematurely (instead of the 2 we had origionally thought) and there was a lot of pressure on his brain. The surgeon was able to expand and re-shape the bones in his skull using existing bone, bone grafts, screws, plates, and stitches which will dissolve within the next month. Unfortunately because there was more than one suture that had closed, the chance of a 2nd surgery in a few years is still a possibility. We won't even think of that now, we are just so happy that Jack pulled through today's surgery.

12:55 pm - Jack arrives in the recovery room. He will awaken from anesthesia and will wait for results of blood work. We should be able to see him wihin the next hour or so.

So now we are up to date and it is 2:12pm and we are in a holding pattern until further instructions from the staff.

Update soon!