Following up on the Surgery

JULY 5, 2013:



Pre operation

Hi everyone!! So surgery went well on Monday, they had to remove a quarter of his right colon.  So for right now his intestine is attached to his stomach, and he will poop into a bag for a little bit. He's got to get bigger before they will attach his intestines all back together. He had a follow up surgery on Wednesday because they found that he had a few abscesses on his intestines that were full of fluid and pus. They did have one of the cultures that they took come back positive for yeast so he will stay on his antibiotics for at least another two weeks.
Wednesday they washed out his gut, and were pleased to see that it was looking good, so they closed him on up. This is his pre and post op pictures.

Pre operation

He is doing well though, and is now on a new ventilator.  They say that healing up from the operation will probably take 7-10 days, and then by that point we can start talking about feeding him.

I know he hasn't eaten anything, since he was a week old. He is now  7 weeks. So they will have to start very slowly with the feedings. But if he eats anything like his dad, I know that he will be chowing down faster than we can blink.  My favorite of these photos is his little "uh-oh spaghettios" face in the pre-op pictures. I think I'm sold.



Post operation

He did get to meet with the rainbow kids- what an awesome organization!  They were great to get to know.  I look forward to continuing to work with them throughout Brady's life. They definitely have thought some of these things through.

Shout out to the amazing family and friends that we have! I really appreciate all that they are willing to do for us. They are so willing to help us out, at the drop of a hat. I love them all.



Pre operation

Thank you everyone that is following the blog. I know that it's been rough trying to follow with the crappy phone updates and that they've been days apart. I will try to do better on updating you all from the laptop preferably. I know that your support and love has been felt, we can definitely tell that there are prayers being said for our little boy and us. Thank you, once again. And we will update soon. Have a happy Holiday! I hope you enjoyed the fourth. Thank you to all of the military personnel that are out there making it so we can stay free. But that is also one thing that the citizens of America are doing as well, making America a place that we all want to remain living.  Bless you all.