You know you that have been in the NICU way too long when you hand the nighttime parking attendant your validation and he says 'Good luck with the surgery tomorrow....I'll be praying for you guys!"
Edward is in fact due for his inguinal hernia surgery tomorrow. We are both excited and nervous. We are excited because this is considered one of the final steps before coming home and nervous for simple fact of surgery. I know many are praying daily for the little man, but if anyone has an extra prayer to spare tomorrow, we could use it!
Fortunately, he is scheduled for first case in the OR which means he should be done relatively early in the day. Katie and I plan to be there around 6am to see him off into the careful hands of the anesthesiologist. He will be given general anesthesia and intubated. We are hopeful that he will only have to be intubated for a short time peri-operatively tomorrow. But given the fact that he has chronic lung disease from his prior time on the vent, he is always at a small risk of requiring intubation for longer than expected.
We will post an update tomorrow!
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