Day 20

ANOTHER DAY WITH OUR BOY! How darn lucky. (Plus how handsome is he in this picture) Last night Britton got another CT scan, and an X-Ray, and after the doctor was able to look over them, he has decided that they will wait to do the surgery until either friday night or saturday! Everything looks fine, it's just they want to make sure things are perfect and in the best shape possible for surgery. So if they can do some tweaking and honing, the chances of things going better, especially post op, are more likely. They want to get his sodium and CO2 levels as stable as possible, so they will be watching those closely. They also want to continue to drain more fluid off the brain, there is still quite a bit of fluid in the back, so the more they can get off before the surgery the better the outcome. they have to be careful draining the CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) though, if too much is drained too fast, it is very dangerous, so they are very cautious about how much and how long they drain for. They would really like to see Britton taken off of the ventilator before he goes into surgery. WAIT WHAT??? you heard me;) So if that is possible, they would detach him from the vent, and attach a oxygen mask to his trach! Pretty cool, if it all works out! So...we are just wating, watching, and hoping that everything goes well enough these next couple of days for them to be able to perform the surgery!! Keep those prayers comin, I know you are:) We are so thankful. We see them being answered every single day.