Sending your baby to surgery never gets easier, as the parent you hold it together and comfort your baby because you have to be their strength. Prayer plays a large role in our lives, it is never far from our minds that we would not have Donavon had the Lord decided it was time to bring him home. Other thing's that gave us piece of mind was knowing he would not remember this when he was older and like most babies, he was so incredibly resilient. Donavon would typically be wide awake and in good spirits in the recovery room following most of his surgeries.
Surgery #3, May 9, 2007: A Ventricular Access Device was placed in Donavon's head due to "water on the brain", *Hydrocephalus. The brain bleeds made his brain unable to drain spinal fluid off of it. His head began to swell and the Doctor's watched it closely. He had a spinal tap as well as the fluid drained directly off of his brain when the Doctor's realized something had to be done quickly. The device allowed Doctor's to drain the fluid off with out being invasive to his brain which would make for an increased chance for infection. This device was a temporary answer, a *shunt would be placed at a later date for a long term solution. This surgery lasted 30 min.
Surgery #4, May 10, 2007: Donavon's intestines appeared to be healthy enough to have them put back in place, they were working well. During this surgery he also had a *G-Tube placed to feed him through for an extended period of time. The surgery went great, the Doctor's were very pleased with the results from the initial surgery, no more bowel had died, it was all in working order. The surgery took 3 hours.
Surgery #3, May 9, 2007: A Ventricular Access Device was placed in Donavon's head due to "water on the brain", *Hydrocephalus. The brain bleeds made his brain unable to drain spinal fluid off of it. His head began to swell and the Doctor's watched it closely. He had a spinal tap as well as the fluid drained directly off of his brain when the Doctor's realized something had to be done quickly. The device allowed Doctor's to drain the fluid off with out being invasive to his brain which would make for an increased chance for infection. This device was a temporary answer, a *shunt would be placed at a later date for a long term solution. This surgery lasted 30 min.
Surgery #4, May 10, 2007: Donavon's intestines appeared to be healthy enough to have them put back in place, they were working well. During this surgery he also had a *G-Tube placed to feed him through for an extended period of time. The surgery went great, the Doctor's were very pleased with the results from the initial surgery, no more bowel had died, it was all in working order. The surgery took 3 hours.
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