From the ICU

Bennett and I are hanging out in the Intensive Care Unit in Seattle Children's Hospital.

After an appointment about his breathing & Sleeping issues this past Monday the Dr.s decided that his sleep study results were so poor that he would have to be admitted to the hospital and schedule a surgery. He was having some significant sleep apnea due to an obstruction in his airway.

His surgery was yesterday, It went great and gave the surgeon a chance to look closely into his airway and check out the problem more closely. The surgeon also put a Tracheotomy in place. For those who don't know, it is a tube in his neck to establish a clear airway. This will only be temporary until we can clear the obstruction in his airway... then he will be sent off to be a normal little boy. Sadly this process may take up to a year.

We love the team that is looking after him and Children's has the best Drs. in the region so we definitely feel like we are in good hands.

Thankfully he is completely oblivious to any problems and while he is in recovery from the surgery now he will be back to smiling and making everyone around him smile before we know it.

The surgeon did mention that due to the enormous amount of fat under his chin that Bennett got a bit of Lipo on his second chin.... nicely done kiddo.

I wont lie, the little guy has looked better but I will snap a few pictures so that we can tease him about all this when he is older :)

We appreciate everyones prayers and our family looks forward to seeing everyone when the little guy is feeling a little better.

We realize that with all the excitement of getting him here and now being in the ICU it may appear we have been dealt a pretty difficult hand but I assure everyone Joel and I feel like the luckiest parents in the world and can not believe how amazing he is everyday.