Landon's surgery

Landon's surgery went very well!! We are absolutely ecstatic and have gotten great news! He handled the surgery very well. We were told that he absolutely needed the surgery to repair the narrowing. As far as the holes in his ventricles, they are not concerned. They should close as he grows and be fine.

He came back from surgery without the breathing tube, which is great! We were very happy to not have to see him intubated. We were told that he did not bleed a lot and that he has been crying and his cry sounds good. We are waiting to see him, but caught a glimpse of him on our way out of the room. It felt so good to see him for that very brief moment.

We don't know an exact timeline for going home, but it should be next week sometime. The doctor said he needs to learn how to be a baby and eat well and gain weight before he can be released.

Today we had a very cool experience offered to us. We were able to go "shopping" for him for Christmas. Everything was complimentary, but when he is only four days old, much of what was offered was inappropriate for him. We passed on much of it so it was available for other kids. Even though he is only four days old, we really thought it would be nice to have pictures of him with Christmas gifts. One of the gifts we didn't have wrapped and gave it to him immediately. Nick chose a reindeer for him because it has his eyes.

I will continue to give updates as we know more and will include pictures every time. We love him so much and really appreciate all of the prayers that everyone has sent. We really can't thank everyone enough for all of the support we have been getting!

We hadn't had a picture taken of the three of us, so we had the nurse take one last night.

This morning we were able to cover him with his blanket. 

That was the first time he was able to have it.

Landon with his new reindeer.

He was very alert this morning.