Surprise!! Carter had his repair surgery today and it went really well. He ended up having bowels, stomach, liver and spleen "up" but the surgeon was able to use the abdominal wall to repair the diaphragm, so there was no need for a Gortex patch. He went through it with no problems and came out without needing chest tubes. He's still just on the conventional vent and his last blood gasses were great. We are completely amazed at how well he's doing and hope he continues on this trend. The post-repair xray showed a left lung that was almost the same size as the right lung, and it was very black (which indicates air on the xray), so it seems to be well aerated.
Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and keep those fingers crossed. He still has a long recovery and we know anything can happen. We're thrilled at how well today has gone and hope things only continue to improve.
Also, please keep Carter's PICU buddy in your thoughts and prayers. M.G. was Carter's roomie in the PICU and she was also on ECMO at the same time. Now, she's in the ICN with Carter and she also had surgery today. She's not a CDH baby, but she's still very sick. We hope she has a speedy and easy recovery.
Here's monkey's first anatomically correct picture :)
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