Success!?!?

Only time will tell us whether today was completely successful but at this point everything went amazing well. I am so thankful to be able to pass along a "happy report".

Our doctor came out of O.R. with a huge smile on her face, a smile that told us she was happy with how things went ... and indeed she was. She said things could not have gone better. It took them an hour to get the tubes into place, but once they were the lavage went well. They put 2190ml in his left lung and were able to suck back out 2100ml, the lung will absorb the remaining 90ml. The initial stuff they sucked out with thick and white, like we have been seeing him throw up and coming out of his g-tube, but by the end they were getting pretty clear liquid back out of his lungs.

Whether this will cure James we obvious don't know, but it will definitely helped his lung and we have seen that already. They were able to take him off the ventilator and by time we got to the recovery room he was calm and collect and asking over and over for juice. Unfortunately he had to wait another two hours, at which point he goobled up an entire freezie and asked for another. Not a major accomplishment for most children, but for James who never takes more then one small zip out of cup this is a lot for him to take in at one time.

By time we left recovery he was SATing 98% on 1.5L, he was chipper and happy, his colour had come back and he looked great. He came back up to the ward doing better then when he went down, but they have put him in the Observation Room for the night. I'm not sure if that plan will last or whether they will change their mind once they see how well he is doing, we'll see as time goes on.

We are so thankful that all went so well today, we know who we need to thank for this and we continue to stand in awe at our Heavenly Father's loving care.

At this time we do not know what the next days will bring, we pray this good is not the calm before the storm, but things look extremely positive right now. As we see how he recuperates they will decide when to do the next lung. They have suggested next week, but if he needs more time probably in two weeks time.