Trach surgery update/La Cirugia de Traqueostomia

Danny came out of surgery around 2:00 p.m.  There were no complications during surgery...praise the Lord!  We were able to see him soon afterwards for about 20 minutes and got an update from the doctor.  It was wonderful to see him with the ventilator tube out of his mouth, but so hard to see him with the trach tube in his neck, especially not knowing how long he will have the trach.  Danny is still on a ventilator, but connected to the trach.  If all goes well, they may take him off the ventilator tomorrow and just have him on oxygen.  We pray he continues to progress so that in about 48 hours they can put him back on his special formula and move his nutrition forward.  He could really use some meat on his bones!  It is still hard to see him hooked up to so many IV lines, monitors, etc. and his coloration around his mouth looked funny....I assume from having been on a ventilator for 16 days.  Obviously he continues in Cardiac Intenstive Care.  God has brought us this far.....we are trusting He will take us the rest of the way!

Danny salio de cirugia para la traqueostomia alrededor de las 2:00 p.m.  No hubo complicaciones durante la cirugia....gracias a Dios!  Lo pudimos ver por unos 20 minutos y recibir el informe del doctor.  Fue maravilloso verlo sin el tubo del ventilador en su boca, pero dificil de verlo con el traqueo en su cuello, especialmente sin saber por cuanto tiempo tendra el traqueo....solo Dios sabe.  Danny sigue con el ventilador, pero conectado al traqueo.  Si todo va bien, a lo mejor manana le quitan el ventilador y solo le ponen oxigeno.  Esperamos que siga progresando para que en unas 48 horas le puedan empezar a darle su formula especial e ir avanzando en su nutricion.  Necesita un poco de carne en sus huesos!  Todavia es muy dificil verlo con tantos tubos, mangueras y cables, y la coloracion alrededor de su boca se veia un poco raro....me supongo por haber estado con un ventilador por 16 dias.  Obviamente sigue en Terapia Intensiva de Cardiologia.  Dios nos ha traido hasta aqui....y lo estamos confiando para llevarnos de la mano hasta salir victorioso!