Consolidation

On Tuesday the 27th, Carter went in to have his Consolidation bars put on. We had to stop distracting his jaw on Saturday due to the extreme amount of pain he was in. We did not know what was going on, but we could no longer let him suffer like that. It was a sad realization, because we did not get the jaw pulled out as much as it needed to be. And also the right side of his jaw needed to come out more, and we were not able to do that. So, the surgery did not go as we had hoped, but we gave it our best shot. Our main goal was to improve his breathing, and that was accomplished. For the future, he will need lots of orthodontic work, and possible the Mandibular Distraction again.

We had to go into the OR to have the consolidation bars put on due to the amount of pain Little Carter was in. It is always hard to give your baby up when you know they are going to put him to sleep. I am not sure I will ever get used to it. While they were in there, they were able to find out that the top pin on the right side had pulled through the bone. That is why he was in so much pain. I could only imagine how bad that had to hurt. It just breaks my heart thinking about it. He now seems to be doing much better, and we have gotten lots of smiles out of him finally. The consolidation bars will probably stay on for about 6 weeks, and then we will finally be able to get in his neck again and give him kisses!!!!

Tim is finally feeling better after surviving the flu. He however has passed it on the Carter and Me. I did get Carter started on Tamiflu, so hopefully that helps him through this. Seriously, he has been through enough this month!!!

The pictures are just before surgery. Sorry no pictures of his New Bling yet, I will try to get on that tomorrow.