Surgery Day

The day has finally come and gone. Since Dylan was born we have been anxiously awaiting this day. On Tuesday October 16th he had his surgery and now he is on the road to recovery. Dylan was not able to eat anything from midnight of the night before. He had his dinner at about 6:30 PM and then he didn't eat until after 7:00 the next night. He was able to have apple juice and he gladly took that. We drove down to Madera the day of the surgery. We arrived at Childrens Hospital at 10:30. Dylan checked in and then was weighed and measured and had his blood pressure taken. Then we went into our room and waited. That is where we took pictures of our brave little man. He got to play with this train that he loved (it was the first time he was actually able to play with something without Ryan yanking it out of his hands). We had to wait for an hour and a half in this room. We had his surgeon come in, Dr. Kaji, as well as the anaesthesiologist. Then a nurse came in a chatted with us and said that it was time to take him. I was not ready for that. Dylan was so brave and went right into her arms where she took him to the operating room. The surgery took three hours and of course we were worrying the whole time. When it was done Dr. Kaji came out and said that it was very successful and that he was in recovery. Finally a nurse came out and said that we could see him (we had to wait until he woke up from the anaesthesia). They wheeled him in on his bed, he looked so small! When we got a little closer he looked bigger from all of the fluids they had been pumping into him. Dylan was just drowsy and he didn't even cry one bit. We are so proud of how tough he was. He did way better than we had imagined and we are just relieved that we are over that hump and working on recovery. The recovery portion is also going along quite well. He has to have a catheter in until next Tuesday so we are double diapering him. However, he is sitting very still for me during the diaper changes so I am slowly feeling more comfortable with it. I just don't want to hurt him. We appreciate everyones prayers for him, he is doing great. Here are some pictures of him in his little gown- what a sweetheart!