Puffy Boy... but still adorable!!
The scar... awwwwwww.... Bad photo quality... can't figure out how to turn the flash on on the cell phone camera....
Lincoln is recovering from surgery somewhat ok. He is very swollen and puffy and sedated due to the Morphine drip. His scar looks horrible... it goes almost from side to side on his stomach.. right above his tiny belly button. It is also very red and is oozing so they are watching for infection and started him on a new antibiotic. His vent pressure setting is very high so that is bad.. and the oxygen is 28 (goal is 21). No idea how long he will be on the ventilator.. He did open his eyes while we were there today and was looking around and moving a little. I asked for a printout of the surgical report but apparently no report has been entered. We haven't talked to any doctor about the surgery or what is next.. that is very frustrating. I was going to talk to the doctor on tonight but it happens to be the woman we despise so we decided to wait until tomorrow and try to get our current doctor to talk to us. All we know for sure is that they removed his appendix, ileocecal valve, and all but 25cm of his small intestines. Everything we've researched says you cannot survive with less than 40 cm when you have had the ileocecal valve removed. We don't know if they will put us on the transplant list or not yet. All we can do is wait for his fluids to clear up and do a study on the intestines to see if another surgery will be needed for any repairs or more removal. That will probably be a few weeks. If by chance the study is good they may attempt to start feeding him through his new g-tube but that's a big IF. He is still the cutest little puffy boy and seems to be comfortable.
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