Benjamin Unplugged

Today was Big Ben's second day post surgery. When we walked in, the first thing his nurse said was that he had been very naughty. I guess he was fed up with his ventilator and decided to "unplug" himself from it. Yes, my son yanked out his breathing tube. It didn't come all the way out, but enough that they would have to redo it, so they decided to let him try going back to the nasal cannula that he was on before the surgery. He was doing pretty good on it, but did have some apnea (momentarily stopped breathing) episodes this afternoon. I am praying that he won't have any more. His nurse said that was only the second time she has ever seen a baby do that in 26 years of working in the NICU.

Overall he is recovering pretty well. He didn't get a swollen as I thought he would and it is nice to only see tape on his belly and not an ostomy bag. He started to become much more active today too.

Benjamin's Grandma Helen is doing better today too as she recovers from her surgery. Please continue to pray for healing and wisdom for treatment options and decisions that they will need to make in the coming days/weeks.