Memphis is out of surgery and doing well. His surgery went as well as it could have. His intestines, stomach, spleen, and some of his liver was up inside of his chest. He only had about 30% of his entire diaphragm. This is much worse than we had expected. A gore-tex patch was installed to makeup the other 70% of the diaphragm. As he grows the patch will stay the same size of course, but the diaphragm will make up in size, making the proportional size of the patch smaller.
He is doing well right now, but we have to prepare for the next days. The doctor has given orders to keep him very comfortable for the next few days, preferably not paralyzed, but asleep and not moving. They can't swaddle him due to the surgery, which is how he has spent the last few days, and seems to be what he prefers. If the sedation works like they want it to, this won't be an issue at all.
He has an approximately 4 inch incision parallel with the bottom of his left ribcage. It looks pretty rough, but that's the least of our worries.
Thanks everyone for all the thoughts, keep them coming.
Wow. I really feel for you and your family. It is amazing what you are going through. We think of you guys daily and hope things start to look better and better!
ReplyDeleteMany prayers for a good day today and a smooth recovery. My Dakota is a CDH survivor, almost 3 years old and that big red scar had faded to a thin beautiful white line - so will Memphis's. I am thinking of you!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Jennifer
Mom to Dakota 12-25-2008
RCDH survivor
jennifertrafton@hotmail.com