Surgery is over

They called us at about 9:30 this morning to tell us that Jackson was going up right then for surgery. He was originally scheduled as a squeeze in between the 4th and 5th case of the day so everyone was expecting it to be around 4:00 that afternoon but a spot became available earlier so they decided to go then. Dr. Olutoye performed the hernia repair and also went ahead and gave Jackson a fundoplication. Jackson did very well in surgery with no problems arising. The anesthesiologist wanted to extubate Jackson right after surgery because he was doing so good. Jackson is back in his room and doing very well. He is still on very low vent settings (22 PIP/6 PEEP, and 30% oxygen) and saturating in the mid to high 90's. Jackson should be able to get back to his pressure support trials shortly and hopefully get extubated not to long after that. We are very excited to have our favorite nurses (Allyson, Emily, Melanie, and his primary nurse Jackie) taking care of him over the next several days. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

PS- Baby Mert is scheduled to be induced on Monday, July 3. Please pray for him and his family.