Surgery Schedule

We have a plan for tomorrow. We spent several hours at the hospital today getting things lined out. Kanyon had to be checked out, lab work, go over history (his is quite long for such a young little guy), etc. We got the green light for surgery to go on tomorrow. We are scheduled for 10 am. Of course we've learned through all of this that times don't mean a whole lot, but that is what we're shooting for. We have to be there at 8:30 to get things started. We think the surgery will last around 3 hours. If he does OK waking up and stuff, he'll go to a regular room. If he needs to stay on the vent a little extra time, he'll go up to ICU where we were before. I hate that vent so much. I hope his little lungs will stay strong and come right off the vent. Dr. Sklar is his neurosurgeon (same on that did the first procedure) and he will have the same anesthesiologist. They say this one is the best in the business. We are thankful for things like that. We ask for your prayers for Kanyon tomorrow. It is hard to see him have to go through all of this. After having him home like a "normal baby" it is hard to go back to all of this stuff. We pray for strength for Kanyon's little body, infection free procedures, and of course the wisdom and hands of his doctors and nurses. We will update you as soon as we can tomorrow. Of course that may mean the return of RACHEL the original Phillips Phamily blogger!

On another note, yesterday Kanyon had an appointment with his eye doctor to follow up after his laser surgery he had a few weeks ago. The Dr. said he looked GREAT and used the words "normal" a lot when he looked at his eyes. It looks like the surgery worked and things seem to be developing. So that was great!

Thank you for going with us through yet another day in the hospital. We are very thankful. We'll post as soon as we can tomorrow.