Success!

Jacob went into surgery this morning around 8 AM to be prepped.  Surgery began around 9 AM.  My mom and my brother David were both here with Angie and I (Angie's parents were taking care of Ethan a few minutes away) in the waiting room getting occasional updates on his progress.  Around 2 PM, surgery was finished and Jacob was moved back to his room.

Surgery was a success with no surprises.  To put it in the words of one of the surgeons, he was a "textbook" case.  So far, so good.  I am sitting with him as we speak, and he is stable and recovering slowly.  The next 36-48 hours are especially critical and will tell how he will do in his near term recovery, so keep him in your thoughts.

The care here at Levine is awesome.  Now that he is out of surgery, he has one nurse on him 24 hours for at least the next couple days (then at some point he'll go back to one nurse for two patients).  All of the staff here is extremely knowledgeable and helpful and even after being here 12 hours, they are always upfront, honest, and energetic.  It has been a great experience from that standpoint.

I'll save pics for another day, needless to say he has a ton of tubes going in and out of his body at this point (all of which are normal at this point).  He is on a ventilator and is still sedated.  He will slowly come of his sedation a bit, but will still be mostly sedated until he comes off of the ventilator.  He does have pain killers to help deal with any pain he may have as well (pain is indicated by an increased heart rate or blood pressure and irritability).

All of his vitals and many more numbers will be monitored very closely around the clock to ensure he has whatever he needs.  I'll post up another update in the next day or so to keep you up to date.  Again, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.  As always, we appreciate all the support we have received!