Mason is recovering

Mason made it through surgery yesterday and is recovering in the NICU at CHOA. The surgery went well with one minor complication. While trying to open the pyloric muscle, the surgeon made a small perforation in his stomach. Luckily, he found it during surgery and stitched it up, but we will be watching it closely to make sure it doesn't leak and cause an infection. There were a few emergency surgeries yesterday that caused Mason's to be pushed to late in the day, so we did not see him until very late last night. He's doing great this morning and has been sleeping pretty much since they brought him up. We're waiting for his doctors to discuss when we will try to feed him. They have already warned us that he will probably vomit his first few meals just because his stomach is not used to food and that doesn't mean the surgery was unsuccessful. We don't know yet if he will stay at CHOA or be transferred back to Northside's NICU to continue working on his feedings. CHOA is typically a surgical NICU, so it isn't really meant for long term care.

Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers. Chris and I are certainly getting a crash course in parenting these 2 short months. Hopefully this will fix his tummy problems once and for all! Here's a picture of our sweet boy resting comfortably the morning after surgery.