Landen's Surgery

Landen had his hip surgery last Tuesday and praise the Lord it was successful! Everything went so well. When they took him back he didn't even cry. After about an hour the nurse came and told me he was doing fine and they were putting his cast on. Talk about a HUGE sigh of relief, I can't even explain it! Throughout the whole process though God gave us an unexplainable peace and we surely felt His presence. Another hour later they called Luke and I back to see him. He was fussy and understandably so! He was in his body cast and we were able to hold him right away. We tried our best to comfort him but he was pretty upset! Who wouldn't be though after being put to sleep and waking up in a body cast! Poor buddy! They gave him some pain medicine that calmed him down some but the entire day was fairly miserable for him. A little while later they transferred us to his room and we got settled in. He was able to rest some off and on but it was hard because he was constantly being checked. He really did not like his IV or the blood pressure cuff. He would cry every time they checked his blood pressure and tried several times to pull the IV out! Late that night he had a MRI to make sure his hip was in place correctly. Needless to say it was a very long and exhausting day but we were so happy to have that behind us and thankful for answered prayers!

On Wednesday the doctor checked in and said the MRI looked great! They also had to finish his cast. We debated about colors and had originally picked Carolina Blue. I changed my mind though when I started thinking about what color would show less dirt and what color would be easier to match shirts with so we went with dark blue so it would look like jeans! His cast is denim, definitely not Duke Blue! ;) We were taught how to care for his cast and how to change his diaper. The diaper area of the cast was cut out so we basically tuck a small diaper under the cast and put a larger diaper on over the cast. We also had to get a new car seat from the hospital. He will not fit in the regular infant car seat. They so graciously provided us with one, made sure he fit correctly and that it was installed correctly. Once all that was complete around 4pm we were free to go home! We were so ready!

We want to thank everyone for praying, even people we do not know! We can't even begin to express how grateful we feel for all the love, support and prayers from so many. THANK YOU! We are also thankful for the family members who have been by our side through everything! We also thank our Lord for getting us through this. It would not have been possible without Him!