Well good news is we won't have to worry about scheduling another surgery for a while! Bad news ... Here come the sleepless nights and the 're-learning' of his good habits. Darnet. ;)
Both operations went well. He now has ear tubes, so we're hoping that means no more constant ear aches. They were also able to use his own muscles and tissue for his soft Palate! (yay!) He's been pretty out of it, waking up about every 2 minutes to let out a cry. But the morphine has been keeping him in the least pain as possible. And I DID get one of his 'oooo' faces out of him earlier. So things are lookin' up!
Something kind of interesting (and absolutely miserable) they did was stitched his tongue down, away from their work. Any kind of contact on that Palate can damage what was just done. So he's got two long stitches poking out of his mouth and attatched to his cheek. His nurse is shooting for tomorrow morning to have them snipped off. *crossing our fingers*
We will definitely be spending the night tonight. If he is off of his IV and is hydrated and eating ok on his own tomorrow, they'll release him Until then, we're stuck! Although every one of the staff here has been excellent, we don't want to stay here for too long. :)
Thanks everyone for your support and prayers! I'm sure Rocky is appreciating them right now. I will try and update again tomorrow. Good night!
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