Friday Update

The internet connection where we are staying is really poor, so I can't post any pictures right now. We are still taking pictures of the kids, but I will have to wait until we get back to put them all up. Miles is doing well. He is still uncomfortable from the rib portion of the surgery. The ear doesn't seem to bother him at all. We keep checking on it and so far so good. Hopefully by tomorrow, he will be up and about more and we can go drive around a little.  He isn't taking much of the pain medicine because he can't stand it, but I do get half a dose in him every 8 hours and alternate that with regular Tylenol and that seems to keep it managable. We are all very tired since we need to clean Miles' drains every four hours and that requires an alarm being set throughout the night. Avery came down with a cold so her night noises consist of alternating between coughing and snoring,  prooving that children are never without their challenges, but outside of that she has been very good through this whole thing. There are several playrooms at the Ronald McDonald House and she has found a lot of new toys to keep her busy and occassionally another child to play with. San Antonio has the River Walk and the Alamo, so maybe if Miles feels better by Monday, we can go and do some sightseeing. Our follow up with the doctor is on Tuesday and if all goes well, we will get to go home after that.  We will still have to return in a week and a half but it will just be for another follow up and we don't have to stay over. Right now he has a protective cup over his ear, bandages on his chest and two drains, one from the ear and one from the chest. If things look good on Tuesday,  the drains will come out and he will just have the cup and bandages to go home in. The bandages will come off shortly after but the cup remains on for six weeks. We are just very ready to go home at this point and hopefully Dr. Bonilla will say everything is good to go next week.

Follow Up 4pm

Miles did really well today. We did hit a rough patch coming out of anesthesia but he seems much better now and has been resting most of the afternoon. He's up now and eating a popsicle. Avery and I will have to go back to the hotel tonight and chris will stay with Miles. He should be released sometime tomorrow. Follow up is scheduled for Tuesday.

11:30am

Nurse just called and said they are just finishing up and Dr. Bonilla will be out to talk to us in 15min.

Avery is sooooo bored. She's already watched a Sponge Bob marathon, eaten breakfast, played with her toys, rented a movie that she only watched half of and now we are into the "please don't do that" phase. She keeps asking if we can go get Miles and go home: (

10:15am

Miles received an epidural and the rib cartilage has been removed. The doctor will now take the next 45min. to an hour to carve it and then begin putting it under the skin.

8am

We got to the hospital at 6am, registered and did all the pre-op stuff. Met with the doctor, nurse and anesthesiologist and then they took him back. Nurse came out around 8:45 and said that he went under great and the doctor is about to get started. Doctor estimates three hours once he starts, nurse told us four and a half. So we are hoping for sometime late afternoon we should be back there to see him.

Kids playing games waiting to register: