CLOSURE SURGERY -12 DAYS OLD

I'm sitting in waiting room while my little boy is in surgery. You would think that I would be a mess. Quite, the opposite.

First we have been planning on this surgery for a couple months. The doctors were quick to reduce his silo (squeeze the bag of frosting). However last Saturday, when they told us the surgery would be the following day I wouldn't have been so calm and ready (excited). Last saturday (7 days old) Mr. Bridger wasn't looking so good. He was so swollen and looked pretty rough. In the days to follow we had some setbacks so each day they told us, "surgery may be Wednesday or the next day."  The last 3 days he has been heavily sedated and medicated, they have also had to up his respiratory support dramatically.

Today he looked good! His body definitely seemed ready for this closure surgery. He was scheduled for surgery at 1:30 (12 days old), but as surgeries go we have been on the "in 45 minutes" list for 3+ hours. That wait time proved to be awesome. Mr Bridger decided to wake up and just hang out with us for about 45 minutes. These really are my favorite moments with him and he really hasn't had any the last couple days. So it was a special treat for me. 

While he was awake the call came the the OR was ready for him so his nurses, Dr, and the Respiratory Therapist got him all ready to go and then we all headed down to surgery.

Jordan and I are now waiting in the OR waiting room. We know that the days to follow our little Bridger will look pretty sick. He will be intubated and on a ventilator, he will be swollen and he will be heavily sedated. We don't look forward to seeing him like this but this is one very important step in our little boy's adventure.

In less than a week we will be able to hold our sweet little Bridger. We wish that meant that we could take him home right then but it doesn't.

We will now have the opportunity to learn some more patience. It will take a couple weeks for his digestive system to start working. So for those of you who have been praying for us, start praying that his digestive system will be quick to jump into action.

Our next big milestones are
#1 holding him
#2 hearing bowel sounds
#3 introducing food
#4 teaching him to nurse
#5 TAKE HIM HOME!!!

Bridger's Progress Thus Far...

Day 1:

Day 5:

Day 12:

We will keep you posted on his progress. Thanks for all the love, support, prayers.

Much love,
The Taylor Family