Well - surgery is over. They were running about 2 hours behind schedule today, so Titus didn't go back for surgery for awhile. Although he was pleasant and took a nap for awhile, he was starting to get hungry and fussy. Dr. Bauer told us they had no problems intubating him and prepping him for surgery, adn the surgery itself went beautifully. But, as has happened in the past, extubating Titus afterwards proved to be a bit of a challenge. Titus did his "bronchial clamp" making it difficult to extubate him. But after an hour, they were able to get extubate and move him to post-op recovery.
Due to the late hour, and the issues with extubating, they decided to keep Titus overnight in the hospital. Becky is staying the night with him and will bring him home tomorrow.
Titus has an incision just above his left ear and right now has a huge wad of gauze being held in place with a velcro head wrap. That will come off tomorrow. They have given him some painkiller tonight and they should keep him comfortable.
And, since life is never normal, we have an ice storm hitting Dallas tonight. Just as I was nearing home, the ice and sleet starting falling hard and the roads were getting slick. Now, I know for most people, a little bit of sleet is no big deal. But in Dallas, a little bit of sleet shuts the town down since no one (and I do mean NO ONE) knows how to drive in it.
Pray for Titus tonight - that he sleeps and rests peacefully.
Pray for Becky tonight - that she will get some rest during the night.
And pray that Titus can be released in the morning to come home - and the roads will be clear to drive home from Fort Worth.
Thanks for all the prayers today.
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