Wednesday, April 15, 2009
On the eve of Liam's surgery...
Tomorrow's the big day...Liam's surgery is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. We've been a bit anxious all week...wishing for this day to finally arrive. Hopefully this second procedure will be the last! The first surgery back in October of 2008 went well, unfortunately the recovery not so much. For those of you who are asking yourselves, "what happened", everything's ok.
Long story short, Liam was born with a mild birth defect called hypospadia, it's very common, 1 in 300 male births. His is/was very mild, almost not worth "fixing", but we opted to do so for Liam's future health. All in all, it's normally corrected in one procedure, but Liam had complications a week afterwards and had to wait six months for everything to heal properly before redoing the surgery. And Thursday, April 16th, is that day! Luckily it's an outpatient operation and we should be home before dinner.
The next two weeks Kevin and I will be alternating days off from work to stay home with Liam. He will need constant supervision (as usual), but we will need to be extra vigilant that he doesn't accidentaly pull/rip his stitches.
So please keep us in your thoughts/prayers that everything goes well and for Liam's quick and speedy recovery.
Long story short, Liam was born with a mild birth defect called hypospadia, it's very common, 1 in 300 male births. His is/was very mild, almost not worth "fixing", but we opted to do so for Liam's future health. All in all, it's normally corrected in one procedure, but Liam had complications a week afterwards and had to wait six months for everything to heal properly before redoing the surgery. And Thursday, April 16th, is that day! Luckily it's an outpatient operation and we should be home before dinner.
The next two weeks Kevin and I will be alternating days off from work to stay home with Liam. He will need constant supervision (as usual), but we will need to be extra vigilant that he doesn't accidentaly pull/rip his stitches.
So please keep us in your thoughts/prayers that everything goes well and for Liam's quick and speedy recovery.
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