Shunt Revision

Anderson had his first shunt revision today. We were scheduled for surgery at 12pm but he didn't get taken back to surgery until about 1:50. He was such a good baby though considering he hadn't eaten at that point in about 18 hours.

When they went in to check things out, they discovered that the whole thing was not working properly so they had to replace the entire shunt system. Surgery took about 45 minutes. He ended up coming out with 2 incisions again this time, rather than just the 1 that they had told us he would have. What they didn't warn us about was the size of the incision on his head. Apparently when they go in for a revision, they have to expose the entire shunt and tubing, so our less than 2 inch incision is now about a 5-6 inch incision.

When we first saw him in the recovery room he was in A LOT of pain. It took them about 15 minutes or so to get his pain under control.

We are now in a regular room and he is currently resting peacefully. We are praying for him to sleep and be as much pain-free as possible tonight. They are still telling us that we will be discharged in the morning. Hoping that we get home before the ice storm hits that is coming.

Thank you for all of the prayers and messages today. Like I've said before, those are what keep us positive and going on days like today. We are so thankful that the surgery went well and hope that his recovery will go smoothly. We have been told that there is enough tubing with his shunt that it can last him until he is an adult- unless it quits working again. So we will continue praying that this shunt will work properly and last more than 6 months.