Successful Surgery

About an hour and a half into surgery they came up and said that the surgery was going well and that they would be done in 15-30 mins. An hour and 45 mins later they came out and told us that the survey went well and they were able to put all of the organs back where they should be. It got really tough towards the end because we were scared of why it was taking so long. What a relief it was to finally hear that it had gone well. Right now they are watching him very closely to make sure there is no bleeding or clotting. They have to balance it out so that it does not do one or the other. We will get to see him soon and just can't wait to see him and possibly hold his hand. Soon he will start to swell from being on ECMO for so long so this just does not get any easier. Hopefully his body will start to do the things that it needs to so that we can get moving in the right direction. For those interested there is a book written by a mother of a child with cdh. It is called Surviving C47 and I have read a little of it and I felt like I was reading a story about us. The baby was in room C47 and Brodie is in C48. She is now 8 months old and the baby went through what Brodie is going through right now. You can get it at Barnes and Noble and other book stores. We just pray that Brodie will continue to do well and show progress.