Henry's Surgery

Today was the big day. 

Henry had surgery to remove the patch inside his abdomen

that had been holding his muscles together. 

Here's Henry shortly before surgery, playing with his toys.

The surgery took about an hour and went as well as we could have hoped for.  Dr. Neal Uitvlugt, who had performed Henry's omphalocele repair, also did this surgery.  The one glitch he had was that he wasn't able to close Henry's abdominal muscles, so there remains a hole that may need to be repaired in the future. 

 But all in all, we're grateful for a successful surgery.

Here's Henry about 4 hours into recovery. 

Honestly, it was a tougher recovery than even the nurses expected.  If you know Henry, you know how happy he is, so it was difficult to see him struggle as he did.  The good news, however, is that he was able to come home this evening.  The nurses thought he might do better here, and I think they were right.  It seems since we've been home, he's been more comfortable and has been eating better.  Thanks to everyone for your warm thoughts and kind prayers.  We appreciate them.