WFUBMC

Today is Bryson's 31st surgery, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC). He has an infection in his face, possibly from the hardware that they left in (on purpose) from his surgery last September. He's been fighting ear infections, throat infections, and sinus infections for the last 6 months or so and has had round after round of antibiotics, including 3 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics. So now they are going in to try to remove the infection and any hardware parts that might be exacerbating it. We had to be here at the hospital at 6:30 this morning, and they took him back to Holding at around 7:45. Once there they put in his IV and gave him a dose of Versed to relax him, then took him back to the OR around 8:40. Surgery started around 9:05 and is expected to take around an hour, as far as we know. Bryson is 16 now and doesn't like for me to take pictures of him for the internet or anything much anymore, so I settled for taking photos of some of the paintings in the Holding Room. These were all taken with my cellphone, and unfortunately my favorite painting (a family of zebras) ended up being too large of a file for me cell to email to my account. So, you'll just have to enjoy the others instead. My favorite of the one's below has to be the giraffes...

UPDATE 1:

It is now 9:30, and they just called and said that they are done. We thought it would take an hour, but apparently only took about 25 minutes. They have put a drain in from his cheek to his mouth to help dissipate the infection, and they'll take the drain out in a week. Now we are waiting for them to get him cleaned up and take him to the Recovery Room where we can see him. Then, as long as all goes well with him waking up, he'll go home...




UPDATE 2:

Bryson is now home. He is very sore, and the anesthesia has pretty much knocked him out, but he's doing well. I drove him back to his dad's house (he lives with his dad) once he was discharged, and he went on to bed for the rest of the day. They have given him prescriptions for antibiotics and pain killers, along with an anticeptic mouthwash that will help keep him from getting a new infection (the incision is in his mouth). He has to go back next week to have the drain removed, then has a follow-up at the end of the month. It has been a long day, but all is well...