Surgery Update

It has been one long day for everyone. We stayed the night in Memphis because we were scheduled to be at the hospital at 5:45 AM. They took Bryant back for surgery at 7:40 and of course I was crying when they took him out of my arms. He was finished around 10:00 and Dr. Thompson came to speak with us. The stents he placed in his nose went in well and he was able to get a larger size stent in than he initially thought, which is a good thing. Part of this required him to drill under his top lip, so he has stitches in his mouth, stitches in his nose and stents sticking out. They also had to give him a lot of fluids during surgery as they had some problems getting the bleeding to stop. His red blood cells are very low so we have to address this issue with out pediatrician and get those numbers up in the next 30 days. We are having more surgery the beginning of November to remove granulation tissue that has grown in the airway. This surgery does cause a lot of bleeding so we will leave the trach in for a little while. Sometime between mid November and the beginning of December is when Dr. Thompson plans to remove the trach. It was a very stressful day and Bryant has been in a lot of pain so please continue to pray for him. We are in the ICU step down unit and we have a side room that is tiny and we are sharing a chair to sleep in, quite a site! I will post pictures tomorrow of my little love bug!