I'm truly sorry to everyone who checked our blog while Chandlor was in the NICU. As it turns out, being in the NICU was much more difficult and timely than we could have ever imagined. However, now we're home and finally really getting settled in. I decided it was time to FINALLY update everyone.
Chandlor is without a doubt a little fighter! He has been through more in just two short months than most people go through in a lifetime. He was born on November 2nd and had a three part surgery on November 3rd when he was only one day old. The first surgery was to put a port in above his heart because they couldn't keep an IV in him. The second part was to close the opening on his back, internally. And the third was to close the opening on his back, externally. The surgery went awesome! He was off the breathing tube and taking only tylenol for pain in just a few short days. We came home on November 17th after only 15 days in the NICU. This was great, because they expected Chandlor to be there MUCH longer.
On January 3rd Chandlor started acting funny and having all the common signs of what they call hydrocephallus aka fluid on the brain. This is very common in Spina Bifida babies. We took him to the ER at Childrens and sure enough he needed a shunt (to drain the fluid off his brain). He had surgery the next day. He was able to come home after two nights in the hospital. He has been doing wonderful ever since.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. It really means so much to us. Sorry for such a late update!
