Wednesday morning the Pediatric surgeon (filling in for the surgeon who did his Saturday surgery) came by and found everything healing well and was very positive that Little L. could eat any day now and be out in a few weeks tops.
Come Thursday morning the Neonatolgist notices that the stoma site (where his colostomy bag attaches) was turning black (not a good color obviously, they say the color of the inside of the mouth is best). The Surgeon assured her that to some degree that can still be normal, the piece that turns black can fall off like an umbilical cord and it still heals. He said as long as Logan is pees, breathes and does not run a fever and has a white blood cell count that all is fine.
Well fast forward this morning and at 7 am the surgeon personally called me (they operate on the no news is good news philosophy so I was not looking forward to what he said. He said thinking about Logan had kept him up last night and he was impressed that revision surgery was needed despite how well Logan appeared to be doing on the outside. We trusted him and rightly so because when they did the surgery it showed to have been a very necessary thing, and because he was not sick or in a compromised condition he will still be able to handle the recovery.
Unfortunately this means we are in the same place as last week, coming out of surgery, back on a ventilator, unable to hold him, dealing with pain management issues and waiting for his tummy to be ready to accept food again, but that is just how it works in the medical realm.
We feel so lucky for Logan to be in such good hands and that Mr. B continues to be taken care of by family and friends who love and care about him. Thank you so much for your prayers.
