Surgery update

Hello friends! Surgery was a success! The neurosurgeon felt good about how the surgery went. Now, they will monitor him for a week. The second surgery is scheduled for next Wednesday. Below is an update that I placed on his Facebook page For the Love of Cutter... Good Morning! Whew, what a night. First of all, around 9 his right eye turned black and swelled shut. The doctor told us to expect this. So glad that Dr. Chris Rowland told us this first to prepare us! Secondly, only one parent could stay in the PICU, so Chris left to go to the waiting room to try and rest. He graciously let me stay with Cutter. Very thankful. Then, around ten thirty they gave him an in and out catheter to try to get him to wet is diaper. He had not had one since before two. That was miserable, and it didn't work! Around midnight they decided to give him a real catheter. Boy, I prayed hard. I saw how miserable it was the first time for him. Then right before they came back he peed! Praise The Lord! He was really nauseous last night and got sick several times. We had to change his clothes three times. He cried a lot and was up every hour. Since Cutter cannot tell us he is in pain they gave him some morphine to help him get comfortable. It did not help that much. We finally got some sleep around four. Then the doctors started coming by around 8. He asked for food, and the pediatrician said we could feed him. He ate two bites of a biscuit then fell asleep. He has had many seizures, so this is good news! Now, we wait. Hope to get to the children's floor sometime today. Thank you for the prayers! We will update again soon!