Surgery Day

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We arrived at the hospital at 10:45 this morning. We checked in at the waiting room and got Jace admitted. Finally, around 1:25 the nurse came out to get us. They weighed Jace, took his blood pressure, and got him changed into hospital pajamas. We sat in the holding room with him until Dr. Bichell was finished with his surgery. At 3:00 we met with Dr. Donohue about his anesthesia. At 3:25 Dr. Bichell met with us to discuss the surgery and get a consent form signed. After meeting with him they took Jace back to surgery at 3:40. At 4:45 the nurse called to let us know that the lines were in and the incision had been made. At this point everything was going smoothly. At 6:15 we received a call that they were still working on the repair but Jace is tolerating everything well. Dr. Bichell came out at 7:00. Surgery is over and things went great. Jace will be in recovery in a little while. They moved Jace to the Pediatric Critical Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) around 7:20. We were still in the waiting room thinking he would go to a recovery room on the 3rd floor. Finally around 8:30 we found out he was already in his room. We were really surprised at how well he looked. There was minimal swelling and the incision looked really good. He had a slight temperature that they monitored but they said that was to be expected after surgery. The highest it reached was 102.2, but Tylenol brought it down pretty quickly. They gave him fentanyl to help keep him sedated. However, he kept trying to wake up and move around so they changed to morphine which seemed to help. At 12:20 they came in and removed the ventilator. I couldn't help but tear up when I heard him cry. It was such a wonderful sound. His oxygen saturations are within range, blood pressure is good, temperature is much better and he is resting. It's almost 1:30 a.m. and I am going to try and get some rest. Thanks to everyone for your prayers. We had lots of family and friends with us today and we are so thankful for your support. I'll post pictures from today at some point tomorrow.