Room 28A, 10 North

Colin is out of surgery and resting in his room. All went relatively well. Once the doc got into to remove the fatty fillum, which was causing his cord to tether, they also discovered a dermal sinus tract, which had to be removed as well. So, his 3 inch incision tripled, at least. It runs from his lower back to just above his bum. She doesn't believe that this will cause any increased pain (they didn't have to move any muscle in the lower part to remove the tract), it shouldn't cause any problems, now that it has been removed, it does increase his risk for spinal fluid leakage. Time will tell. He is in pain, and they are providing him with morphine every 2 hours...for at least the next 24 hours. All in all, the doc thinks things went really well, depsite finding the tract, which was undetectable on his MRI. Please pray that he continues to rest and that the pain subsides quickly. Please pray for quick and easy healing and no leaking of spinal fluid. Please pray for a private room soon...we will get one as soon as one opens because we will be here for a while, but the hospital is overloaded...252 patients 237 beds...so we have to wait. Privacy always helps for sleep at night for both of us. I'll try to update again later if possible.