Kansas City - again

Grandma Frankie and I traveled to Kansas City today for the
second part of Grant's foot surgery.

Grant happily playing and "dancing to music" in the pre-op room

The cast before surgery
(with duct tape because the pin in his toe was sticking past the end of the cast)

Playing in the waiting room before surgery because there was not a hospital room for him afterwards. We had to wait for a room before they could take us back. He was supposed to go back by 11:30 or so, and he went at 2:30. That totaled 14 1/2 hours without food --- not good for a child who is trying to GAIN weight. Ugh!

This was a short procedure (once they took him back) --- only about an hour. Everything went very well. They were able to take off his other cast, remove the pin from his toe, and then close the cleft in his foot. The doctor was very pleased with the result. Grant will be in a cast now for another 4 weeks.

New red cast - Grant resting very comfortably

We will be staying overnight in the hospital tonight and then be dismissed tomorrow from the hospital. Grandma Frankie will then drive back home, and Chris and Tyler will be heading up here after school. We'll be staying at Crown Center (very close to the hospital) in Kansas City Thursday night. Tyler will get his cast removed first thing Friday morning, and Grant has Cleft Palate Team meeting all morning. So, a couple active days, but at least accomplishing it all in one trip. Hopefully with Grant's team meeting we'll be able to get something scheduled for his palate surgery. They want him to be at least 18 pounds, unfortunately he weighed in this morning at 15.4 pounds and was 28 inches long. Not sure if we can get exceptions made or not, but will try. We'll keep you posted.