Update

Yesterday (Tuesday)about 1:00 p.m. we took Lucas down for surgery. After meeting the surgeon and anesthisiologist I felt much more comfortable about the surgery, although I knew everything would be okay after Mike and JD gave him a blessing Monday night. I still had to hold back the tears as they push my baby away. As a mother you feel responsible for all of their needs, and I wanted to be there for him even though I knew he was in good hands. About an hour later Dr Black came in and told me that "Lucas did great!" So 20 minutes later I went into recovery to get him and it has been uphill from there. He had to wait until 10:00 pm to eat, and all he got as 1/2 oz of pedialite, which he didn't like. 3 hours later the same thing...but the nurse was nice and flavored it orange, and he chugged it down. Then he got 1 oz of half breast milk half pedialite and so and and so on. He is now able to have 1.5 oz of breast milk and he seems satisfied with that. He has been spitting up a little because his reflex to throw up is still really strong. They weighted him today and he is up to 9.1 oz. The nurse says he has good bowel sounds, so we know it is making it through! I will be glad when this chapter of my life is past, and I am sure Lucas would say the same!