Surgery

What a long day...First let me apologize for the long delay in updates. Alex and I got to the hospital at 6:45 this morning. We were really happy to learn that our most trusted anesthesiologist was assigned to us. That meant I could breathe a sigh of relief and know that Alex was in the very best hands. Surgery started at 9:00. Everything went well as far as surgery. They removed Alex’s colon and were able to leave his existing ileostomy with only a minor revision. His surgeon came out to speak to me about 1:00. He ran into some adhesions and scar tissue, but overall all went well. Alex and i got up to our room around 2:30. We were not able to go to the floor that we have spent the most time on, but we have had some excellent nurses. Our biggest obstacle right now is we are having a really hard time controlling his pain. We have had multiple calls to the pain team and made some adjustments, but his pain has been in the 8-9 range all afternoon and evening. We are still working to try and come up with a better solution.
There are so many people I could thank, but since I am trying to make this quick...a special thanks to Sonny for keeping me company for over an hour and helping me get all of my stuff to my room and for a venti coffee which was much needed! To my friend, Amanda for keeping Maddy this morning and letting her swim so she wouldn’t be sad and worried. And to our sweet church friends who delivered multiple posters so I could make Alex’s room special for him.

Thank you to everyone who prayed today. Prayers for some pain relief and sleep tonight would be great.

Ali