Jackson's Mellon

Jackson's surgery was on Friday, December 29, 2006. We showed up to Texas Children's Hospital at 5:45 and Jackson left our side to go to the surgery room at 7:30. We were told that the surgery would take about 4 or 5 hours, however it only took 3 hours. The surgeon told us that his case was more difficult and more severe than he thought it would be. I don't know what he meant by that.

We stayed in recovery for about 4 or 5 hours, because they didn't have a room ready. We were suppose to only be in recovery a half hour, but it wasn't a big deal. While we were there both the plastic surgeon, Nuero surgeon, and optimologistl came in to check on him. They were a little worried at first because he could shut his right eye but it's fine now.

After recovery, we went to pediatric intensive Care Unit (PICU) For the first 5 or 6 hours they couldn't figure out how to manage his pain. It was kind of frustrating. They would give him a dose of morphine that was suppose to last 7 hours and it would barely last 20 minutes (at the most). So they would keep trying new things but it would never last long. They were afraid to give him too much because he's so young they were worried that he would stop breathing. So at about 8pm they started a small continuous drip of morphine into his IV. And then every 15 minutes we could give him more, if he was fussing (from pain) It worked and he did very well after that.

I will post more pictures and stuff later.