Doing Well!

Cole's surgery took about an hour and a half.  The neurosurgeon said it went well and he was doing fine.  He had the breathing tube out and was looking great!  He was still a bit sedated and was given some pain relief so he was pretty drowsy.  He is resting peacefully on his belly.  He will have to be in that position for about 2 days.  They will start giving him food again tonight.  Hopefully he gets the feeding tube next week and after he recovers from that he will be home where he belongs:)
Tethered Cord
When a baby is growing in utero, the spinal cord grows first and then as the body grows, the end of the spinal cord is at about L2.  (there are 5 lumbar vertebrae).  Cole's spinal cord was still at L4 and then was attached to the vertebrae.  The surgeon went in and lifted his vertebrae, cut the connective tissue that attached it to the vertebrae and then put him back together.  It's more involved than that, but that's a brief overview.