So, the second surgery was a late night one. The doctor had asked if it was ok to do a Lumbar drain. That is where they put a tube in the base of the spine, to help with the excess fluid that is building and having no where to go, which led to him have to be put in a medical induced coma.
When that one was done, he did another scan to see where the placement was, and was not happy with it. He then asked if we would be ok with him going in and positioning it a different way and making it curl, as when the other 2 times, he didn't make it curl. He also said that if we leave it, there is a possibility that it may not work. We agreed, and he had is third for the one ear.
It was so hard and the worst thing a parent to see. This one ended up being a success. The placement was good and looked promising. And if you know us and know Wyatt, then you know that it worked.
The poor guy was out for about 10 days, for some reason he leaked a lot of fluid. The good thing about him being so young was that he is able to produce more.
When it was finally time to wean him off the drugs and wake him up, it was surreal. All he did for 24 hours was smile and look around, he wanted to get up and play. But do to being out for so long, he lost some muscle tone, which when we got home he had to do some physical therapy.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hearingcentral.com/images/cochlea1.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.hearingcentral.com/howtheearworks.asp&h=336&w=600&sz=46&tbnid=krdrJM8die6-YM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=127&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcochlea%2Bpicture%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=cochlea+picture&docid=jSaB1Gpaz7qoEM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=agqWT-u9Jcnf6QGt-7XQDg&ved=0CD4Q9QEwAg, is what a normal one looks like. Now picture missing walls and holes. That is Wyatt.
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