What A Day!!!!

This will be just a quick update because I'm super tired. 

Zach did so well today!!  They were able to do all three surgeries without any issues!  They came to get me right after surgery and he was already wide awake!  It seems like when he had heart surgery, it took him forever to wake up!  Today his eyes were wide open and he was just looking around! 

I was so nervous taking him this morning.  He had to stop eating at midnight and I was just sure I was going to be holding a screaming baby for two hours while we waited for surgery.  He had missed 2 feedings by that time and I was more than a little worried that it would be very hard on him.

What I failed to have was faith.  So many people were praying for him (including me) that I should not have even worried one bit.  When we got to the hospital, I took him out of the car and from that point to when they took him from me 2 hours later, he never woke up!  He laid, cuddled in my arms, sleeping......like a baby! 

It hit me about an hour into our wait, that his Father in Heaven was watching over him.  That He didn't want Zach to be uncomfortable.  I honestly felt the presence of Angels all around us, as they comforted him.  Humbling to say the least.  Thank you for your prayers.  Thank you for your faith.

We're hoping for discharge tomorrow but it will depend entirely on how he does the next 12-18 hours.  He will have a long road of recovery with his lip.  I think it's probably the most painful at this point.  I will try to post pics tomorrow.  His 'new' top lip is pretty puffy and swollen but it's still amazing to see parts put together as they should be.  I'm so happy for him!!!  His life just changed drastically!  No more mittens on his hands, no more pesky feeding tube going down his throat and gagging him when it gets pulled out, time to start learning how to drink out of a bottle......yep, sounds pretty good to me!!!  :)