3rd Surgery :**- ( March 31, 2011

I mentioned before that Maddox's urine output is not looking good and he's not putting out like he should. Three doses of a diuretic was administered over the course of a 12 hour period but that proved unsuccessful. His tissues were retaining water which is not uncommon following surgery; two surgeries in his case. As you could imagine that was very concerning to all involved.  His stomach was swollen and the fluid began to push up against his diaphragm which had an adverse affect on his small lungs.  The surgeons held surgery as a last resort.  This was communicated to us by Dr. Vu, one of the surgeons on Dr O's team about 6:30 pm. After our discussion, Dr O came by to take a look at Maddox along with Dr. Vu and was concerned that the pressure in his stomach may have began to affect his kidneys to the point of them not operating correctly.  He felt strongly that surgery be done to correct this issue. Little did we know how soon this surgery would need to be done. Without the surgery, Maddox would only get sicker and sicker. Dr. Vu called us around 7:30 pm and said surgery would need to be done right away. Man, this broke my heart to pieces. I was like this can't be happening. My son cannot have a 3rd surgery. This is just too much trauma for him. I was soooo AFRAID!!! ;( Dr Vu explained that due to the swelling of the skin and the fluid retention in the tissue it may be impossible to patch the skin back together after the surgery. So if this was the case then they would have to use a surgical plastic to patch the area which would leave his stomach open for a couple of days. All of this just threw me into a shock and  I couldn't stop crying until after the surgery was done. Both of our hearts was tremendously heavy as ever before. Our precious son doesn't deserve all of this.

Dr. O had to jump on a plane to attend a conference in San Antonio.  The surgery was performed by Dr. Cass (associate of Dr. O)  He is amazing as well.  The surgery started at 9:30 pm and ended at 11:00 pm. Dr Cass called us and told us that he found a big clot that formed. So he cleaned everything out and the surgery went well. And he was able to close the area with his own skin. When we got that news I felt like soooo relieved and I knew that all the prayers that went out in behalf of Maddox was answered!!! Thank you Jehovah I yelled! I made sure to text as many friends and family as I could to make sure prayers were made asap for Maddox before his surgery would take place. We immediately  rushed back to the NICU and saw Maddox and he looked alot better. His stomach area was decompressed. Yesterday was one rough day/night I tell ya! But we made it through with Jehovah's help. Please continue to pray for Maddox recovery. He's one tough sweetheart!

 Jenny Torry