SURGERY UPDATE!!!! Part 2

Pearson is out of surgery! Everything went GOOD as far as getting things moved back where they belong! We are by no means out of the woods, but we are one step closer to bringing our son home. He had 75-80% of his liver in his chest, which was the most Dr. Kays has ever seen, and most of his intestines. He had 10% of his diaphragm.  He is one of the worst cases he has dealt with, but we are still keeping the faith that Pearson is coming home! He expects Pearson will be on ECMO for another 10-12 days.  This was very surprising news to us as we were hoping it would be sooner. On average babies stay on ECMO for 10-14 days, and Pearson has already been on it for 12 days. The next couple of days are the most critical, and the next 6 days will be pretty rough as well.  With this good news comes some bad news.  When doing the brain scan today they found a bleed on Pearson's brain.  Dr. Kays was shocked to find this and said that Pearson wasn't showing any sign of neurological damage that he could see, but said that usually if they are going to bleed it is usually in the first few days, so having this happen this late in the process really stumped him.  They are adjusting some of his medicine, to help control the bleeding and as long as it doesn't progress then Dr. Kays said he isn't terribly concerned.  He will have another brain scan in the morning, so we will update you when we know something.  Thank you so much for all your thoughts, love, and prayers.  We hope you will continue to pray for this long road ahead of us.  You all are so special to us. Much Love from Matt and I!!!