Surgery Day 11/03/09

By BK -
So Isaiah was pretty funny this morning going into surgery. He knew something was up when he saw the caged crib this morning and was not too happy to see it. After he got his goofy juice (Versed) he loosed up a bit. He didn't sing this time, but he did have his funny moments. He absolutely refused to lay down, but after the meds kicked in he had problems keeping himself up. He would keep trying to pull himself up on the side of the crib only to slowly fall over. There were times when it looked like he was posing for a boudoir shot because he was half laying on his side, but trying to push himself up. Hopefully some of the pictures turned out.

We're just hanging out in the waiting room right now and Isaiah should be done with surgery around lunchtime sometime. I forgot to mention yesterday they are planning to move his forehead forward about 2 cm and do a bit of a lift to the corners of his eyes. There are various little other things being done, like a bit of added bone at the bridge of his nose and a little bit of work to the top of his head as well. He's also getting a little flap of skin that healed oddly from his circumcision released. All in all a pretty full day.

So far all the updates from the OR have been good and he's reacting to the anesthesia gas much better this time around.

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Taryn said…
Thinking of you all today! Can't wait to see the pictures!
November 3, 2009 at 12:20 PM
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