Home from the hospital

They put us in this little waiting room for 3 hours. I was so impressed with how well Daniel did considering he had not eaten since 5:30am. Kendall had to hold him the whole time cause if I held him he would cry and want to eat.

I have had lots of people say they want to see pictures, so I have posted a lot of pictures. If you are really squeamish, just skip down towards the bottom of the post and they aren't as bad.



This is a view of the top of his head. You can see the drainage tube and the incision really well.

This is Daniel the morning after the surgery.

As you can see his right eye is swollen shut. They were impressed that both eyes didn't swell closed. They had to keep socks on his hands so he wouldn't pull out the IVs and the drainage tube in his head.

Daniel did a lot of sleeping during his stay at the hospital. This was taken on Sunday.

This is Daniel on Sunday. Kendall and Joshua came and spent the day with us. My Brother was a life saver and came and took care of the kids while I was in the hospital.

This is a view of the back of his head. Still a little misshaped because of swelling.

Kendall came and took some pictures while we were waiting for the discharge paperwork to go through. He was very happy!

Daniel woke up very happy this morning (Tuesday). He was just waiting for the IV to come out and then he would be free from all the wires and tubes!

So this is Daniel on Tuesday at home. He looks so different! He still has a bit of swelling in the head and face.

This is Daniel the day before the surgery! He has no idea what's coming the next Day!!

We are home finally! Daniel's surgery on Friday went really really well. It was a really really stressful day for us, as you can imagine! For those who don't know what I am talking about I will inform you about why he had surgery. He was born with Saggital Caniosynostosis. What that means is his saggital bones in his head were fused together. They had to go in and cut open the fused bones to make room for his brain to grow normally. It was a pretty big surgery! Children's Hospital in Seattle is one of the top hospitals in the country that does this surgery, so we are so blessed to be here! Friday morning Kendall and I took Daniel and we waited and waited for them to take him into surgery. They were two hours behind schedule, which was not good for Daniel, as he hadn't not eaten since 5:30am. They took him at 1:18pm. I was amazed at how Happy and content he was while we waited. My friend Amanda came and hung out with us all day. She was a wonderful "distraction" for Kendall and I! I am so grateful she was there. So they finished the surgery and it seemed like forever before we could go back to the ICU to see him! I had seen pictures of what to expect to see after the surgery, but it is a different thing to see your own little baby like that. He was in the ICU over night and then they transfered him to a regular room on the surgical floor in the late afternoon. Our nurses and the doctors were all so wonderful and gave awesome care! His right eye swelled shut on Sunday, but when he woke up on Tuesday he had it open. We were a little worried that he was not eating on Saturday and Sunday. They had to give him some meds to help calm his stomach and then on Monday he was slowly starting to eat. As you can see from some of the pictures the scar is a really big zig zag from ear to ear on the top his head. Kendall and I think we have found a good nickname for him...Ziggy! I think it's cute! We have been so blessed! I am so thankful to all of you who have been praying for Daniel and I know it has helped!