Santi out of Surgery!

It is now 10:53 and Santi is out of surgery!

Mom and Daddy were able to see him a few minutes ago. Santi was very swollen and groggy but was asking for them the moment he woke up. His first words to Daddy were, "I got my halo off!".

The Lord truly answered the prayers of those of you who were praying for the doctors hands these last few hours. Our parents were saying that at one point the doctors were almost done, stitching the last stitches when the nerve team was alerted that Santi had lost feeling in his legs. Dr. Woo had to quickly take the stitches out to reach the spinal cord...this happened three times. God is good and at this point Santi is doing great and doctors will of course be monitoring him closely.

For the next seven months Santi will have to be careful, in particular to a small section on his spine where the spinal cord will be extra sensitive to pressure.

Santi is 50% straighter. Mom said it looked to her to be more like 80% straighter! Dr. Woo is very pleased with the outcome.

Santi did have to have two units of blood, but the second was more of a precautionary measure than a needed one. We are so thankful!

Mom and Daddy are really tired tonight, really happy and pleased, but tired. Pray that they will get much needed sleep.

We will Lord willing be able to give an update tomorrow of how Santi is doing.

Thank you for praying.