Luke's surgery is scheduled for 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. We have the utmost faith and trust in Dr. Watkins the surgeon. He explained that he'll do things in order of importance in the event Luke doesn't tolerate the anesthesia well...left inguinal hernia repair, explore the right side and repair it if needed, umbilical hernia repair, then circumcision. We absolutely dread seeing Luke back on the ventilator with IV's and an NG tube again. We had hoped that was forever behind him! Also the anesthesia will paralyze his little body temporarily so we were warned that seeing him this way may be tough. We are told that he should be weaned from the ventilator in about 2 hours following the procedure and as soon as his bowel sounds return to normal they'll offer the bottle. After his 8 o'clock feeding tonight he won't have the chance to nurse again until Tuesday. It is so frustrating that we have worked our hearts out at nursing and he won't get the opportunity at all tomorrow.
We are praying all goes well.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 91:11