Settled In

Lincoln's surgery is accomplished. It's quite amazing what technology can do. The first surgery he had was to place the reservoir which was a temporary fix to his problem. They were trying to give his body time to hopefully heal on its own. Sometimes it happens, most of the time it doesn't. They removed the reservoir on his left side and placed the shunt on his right.

Reservoir

Shunt

We were able to speak with the neurosurgeons first-hand and found out that as long as there is no mal-function or infection there would only have to be one surgery to replace it. He could grow to be 6 feet 6 inches and it would function with his size. We also found out that about 50% of shunts fail within the first year. BOO...I hope we're the 50% with it being successful.

The neurosurgeons signed off on him to either be discharged or transported back to Utah Valley. Since he's not ready to be discharged quite yet, we are waiting on info from insurance to find out if he's going to be able to go back to our local hospital or not. HOPEFULLY they will allow it. It could take him a good two weeks or so to bounce back from the surgery and get eating down. I think he's feeling pretty well for the most part though.

He got in some good cuddle time with Grandma Skeem this weekend

And he got all settled in his new crib