BIG DAYS

12/24/2010-We're pregnant!
3/23/2011-Tuckers a boy. We also find out he has Myelomeningocele. Which is a defect where the spinal cord doesn't fully develop. Essentially the spinal cord has an opening. This also causes hydrocephalus; spinal fluid builds up in the ventricals (in the head) and needs a shunt put into to circulate back into the body.
3/28/11-Met with neurologist to talk about severity of Tucker's defect. It was hell waiting 5 days. After having a good talk, Liane and I went and did some baby shoppiing. It was a great day of relief.
7/27/11-C-section date 730am. Surgery to close his spine to come within 48hrs.
7/28/11-Surgery to close spine.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Back from surgery

7/28/11 7:04pm-Tucker comes back from surgery. It actually wasn't as hard waiting for him to come back as it was for waiting for him to go in. Probably because I knew this would help him with the pain. I spoke with the plastic surgeon first, Dr. Bergfeld who is supposed to be arguably the best in the nation, and he said all went very smoothly. He actually helped the neurosurgeon, Dr. Broud, close the spine and then did the skin closure. He had to make a small incision perpendicular to his lesion to give him enough skin to sew his lesion shut. They were all happy, so obviously we were happy. Tucker slept for the next 30 or so hours. After surgery he was only on Tylenol and was just Tucker'd out.
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