Surgery Day

We were up early this morning as we had to be at the hospital at 6am. Broc was first case this morning. He did so well with going off to sleep. Deanna and Kenny came to spend the day with us and keep me company while Broc was in surgery.

 The surgery went much faster than they expected which was good because Broc spent a couple!e of hours in recovery to try and get his pain under control. Once Dr Wood was done with the bronchoscope and lung wash he came out to show me his findings. Unfortunately Broc has grown a whole lot of extra tissue called lingual tonsils that could be very dangerous for him and cause obstructive apnea.
This tissue is not like regular tonsils where you take them out and that's it. This tissue just grows on its own. Broc has so much of it that they had a hard time scoping his airway. They actually had to pull the breathing tube back and push all the tissue away before they could find the airway and continue the scope.
In December Broc is scheduled to come back to Cincinnati for a sleep study and then surgery to have all that extra tissue removed. We don't know why the tissue grew it just did.

Dr D was very happy with the repair he did for Broc. The sutures will be taken out when he comes back for his surgery in December. Controlling his pain was the biggest battle today. Finding the right combination of meds was very tricky. Too much and his breathing is too shallow and too little and he is screaming in pain.

Finally this evening seemed like we reached a happy medium. If all goes well tonight we should be discharged in the morning but still have to stay in Cincinnati for the weekend in case anything happens.

Thank you to everyone that came to visit us today and for the IG and text messages. Thank you too for all the help with Lil Mark too. Having 2 sick kiddos and being in a different state really pulls at a moma's heartstrings.

Thank you for all the love,prayers and support.

I had to share this picture. This is Cali. Her and Broc share a very similar heart defect. We are staying with her family.