Jadon Redux
Eskai and I are of the type that choose to be surprised on our Delivery Day. So we went to the hospital armed with our hospital bags and a couple of names, not knowing which we would be having. The girl name we had chosen was Eliana Paige and as you probably know by now our boy name is Jadon Michael. Liking names with some meaning, Eliana means “God has answered” and Jadon means “Jehovah has heard.” (On a side note, his older sister’s name means “quarrelsome” and sometimes that name fits.)
I know that in the past week, since Jadon was born, Jehovah has indeed heard many prayers lifted on his behalf. I want to thank those of you who have prayed for us, for we have truly felt your love and support from wherever you may be.
On Monday, November 9 Jadon had surgery to repair his diaphragmatic hernia. His pre-operation x-ray was quite impressive as most of his intestines had found themselves in his left chest cavity. In a little over an hour, Dr. Kathy Barsness and her team had everything back in its place and Jadon resting comfortably in his spot in the NICU at Children’s Memorial in Chicago.
The hernia was able to be fixed with a few sutures, that will be with him for life, but as Dr. Barsness was finishing up the surgery she noticed that the diaphragm had pulled away from the rib cage in one spot. At this spot she used a small piece of Gore-tex to patch the hole. In her opinion Jadon only has about a 5% chance of the hernia recurring later in life. Even by the end of the surgery you could see the lung filling in the space. Dr. Barsness took pictures at several points during the surgery to show us what she did and how things look on the inside.
Everyone is happy with how Jadon came through the surgery. Now it is just a matter of time before he comes off the anesthesia and they get his meds balanced for comfort and recovery. He is still on the ventilator but will hopefully be weaned from that soon and then progress on to eating “real” food.
He has done so well so far. We feel very blessed to know that so many are praying for Jadon and our family and know that he will be making a full recovery real soon.
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