Surgery!

The last couple days have been busy. We learned that the cultures were clear and there is not an infection, so surgery was moved to this morning.  It’s was successful but not without a few detours.  The shunt placement tubing plan was to drain to the abdomen, so general surgery was called in to the OR to laparoscopically look for the best placement away from scar tissue so this issue does not happen again.  They made two small incisions on his abdomen.  Unfortunately, there was not a good spot.  So Plan B came into effect! The tubing is now going through an artery through to his heart- VA shunt.  Not the best case scenario but it’s common and very effective and we had no choice.  Wyatt is in good spirits and in minimal pain.  As soon as he woke up in recovery, he knew hospital bingo was at 2:30 on Wednesdays and wanted to make sure we were in his room to play.  He won twice! He is bummed that a portion of his head was shaved.  He was growing his hair that was previously shaved in June out by the time school started but we are back to square one again!  That’s ok though.  We will probably be in the hospital until Friday or Saturday.  If all goes well, he will start school next week sometime! 

Just a couple hours after surgery!