Yesterday Simon had his surgery to connect the esophagus and stomach. For the last 11 days Simon has been in a forced "paralyzed" state. He has been laying on his side and sleeping. The point of this was after the 1st surgery, which was not successful, to allow the area to stretch out. Simon handled this fairly well. He had a couple of very scary moments as being forced in this position was not easy on his lungs. He is very swollen and looks very sad. It is hard to recognize the beautiful baby you all see in the pictures we've posted. Hopefully we will see that same baby return in the coming days.
So the surgery was successful yesterday! Everything is connected as it should be. Simon will remain asleep for the next few days to allow things to attach and all of that good stuff. Once he is awake there will be some tests done to make sure that there are no leaks or anything. So we are over the major hurdle of attachment. Next we wait and see how well it was attached and go from there.
That is all I know at this point. Once I have more we will be sure to post. Molly & Clint took a moment away from the hospital for a well-deserved celebration dinner last night! I am not sure they've been away for more than a few hours in weeks! Simon is one lucky little guy! He has also proven once again what a fighter he is through all of this, he has been through more in 60 some days than most of us will in our lives.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers! I know they've kept everyone going through this and the power of prayer once again shines through with Simon's great day yesterday! This week both of grandma's of Simon have a birthday....I think they have the best gift ever after yesterday!!
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