Wednesday, 6/1

Unfortunately today was not the calm, preparatory, pre-surgery day we were all hoping for. This morning Dinky had another one of his "episodes" and we still aren't sure what causes them. Not to make light of it but they do somehow seem to be related to pooping. They seem to occur when he is really trying to poop and then he gets upset and "clamps down" and his heart rate and his oxygen levels plummet. Today it happened right as the nurse put him in my arms for me to hold him which made it all the more scary. She quickly put him back in his bed and because his numbers were so low they did call a "code blue". He wasn't truly "coding", meaning they didn't have to do CPR, they just wanted the doctors there..."stat". So everyone came running and within a minute he was back up. It's unclear whether this is happening because his airway collapses (which is what they will hopefully fix tomorrow) or if it's because his breathing tube gets dislodged and slides into the little "pouch" in his airway. He recovered well and they think he will be fine for surgery so the plan is still for tomorrow. He was his usual cute, innocent, pacifier-sucking self by the end of the day. The hope is that the surgery will resolve this airway issue. It better because poor little Dinky can't take many more of these "spells"....and neither can his mom!

He is the second case for surgery tomorrow so he'll go around 9:30 in the morning. The have warned us that if they are able to do everything the want to do it could take a while. Once he is safely back in the NICU and all tucked back in I will definitely let you know how it went. Thank you ALL for your love, prayers, and support.