Friday, October 31, 2008
Quick Update
After taking another look at Benjamin and talking it over with us, Dr. Digoy went ahead with the procedure to take out some of Ben's rib cartilage and graft it into the ring of cartilage around his airway so that it would be open wider. He also injected the Botox into Ben's muscles in that area so that they wouldn't compress the graft, which means Ben won't be able to vocalize for the next two to three months. Ben went into surgery at 11:00 and was finished a little before 5:00. All seems to have gone well, and he is being given morphine so it has been relatively easy to take care of him so far. We're hopeful that he'll be released from the hospital some time over the weekend. Many thanks for all of your prayers!
6 comments:
Praise God! Thanks for the update.
we are praying for you ALL --- we love you and we are encouraged by your lives of walking in faith! Thank you for sharing.
Kamy
Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear Ben came though his surgery well.
Thanks for letting us know what is going on. We are thinking and praying for you.
Hi Whit, Adrienne, and Ben, Sorry it has been so long since I posted. I was so excited about Ben's surgery. Naturally lots of prayers were said. I know that you were excited/ terrified/ and vigilantly prayerful during the surgery and before. I remember all of those emotions everytime that Aaron was operated on and especially the ones involving bone grafts. I am so glad that all went well. There is no doubt though that Ben will be more rested than mom and dad when you get home from the hospital. We love you and continue to pray for you all. Vickie, Joe, Aaron
So glad things seem to have gone well!
Laura H...
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