Well, Grady is out of surgery. They removed his internal shunt this morning. His doctor wants to make sure that there is no bacteria attached to outside of the shunt. It will go for testing and we should have some results next week. For now, Grady has an exterior shunt and he will remain in the PICU until we get an all clear from the different tests that have been ordered.
Grady is doing wonderful. He was awake for a few minutes. Just long enough to peek at Mommy several times to make sure she was there. Then, off to sleep land he went. Grady seems to need natural sleep after anesthesia wears off. He will get to return to his regular schedules for everything, once he is alert and wide awake. That means he gets his bottle back as soon as he can tolerate it. He now has an order to allow him to set his own schedule and amounts. Of course, we are keeping him within reason. Don't want the little one to pop just because he wants to be a little piggy. When he goes over his regular 90 mls, we call it dessert. For now, Grady can sleep until his tummy wakes him up.
If you are a friend of mine on facebook, I put a short video of Grady for you to see. I tried to get it out here on the blog, but something did not work. Must be operator malfuntion.
Thank you all for your prayers. We all know that is what is getting Grady through all of this. You have to know how very precious you are to all of us. For now, just hug your precious loved ones and we will give Grady kisses from all of you. Does that mean we need to kiss him until sundown?
Talk soon,
JoJo
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