Surgery Update Part Deux

So the surgeons came into our little pre op room about 20 minutes ago to say everything went well. He's currently getting all bandaged up and going to the recovery room for about an hour. He had his sagittal bone completely removed, his coronal sutures opened up and they moved his orbital rims (the area around his eyeballs) forward all to give his little brain room to grow and make sure he'll be able to close his eyelids as he grows. He's got some plates and screws in his head that will all dissolve in time so there's no need for them to go back in to remove them. He also won't need a helmet as of yet since it would actually constrict things further and this surgery was all about opening things up.

He took about 180 cc's (6 oz) of blood and will probably need a bit more as he recovers, but he's doing so well they say that he'll probably get to skip the ICU and go straight to a regular room in the neurology wing. We should be able to take him home sometime this weekend.

As soon as we can we'll take some pictures of our 'new and improved' Isaiah!

We appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers these last few days and know that it all helped him go through this all so smoothly for such a serious thing.

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