We met the Surgeon

Bryan, mom and I just got back from taking turns holding little Connor. He was squeaking for me, it was so cute. The surgeon, Dr. Rustad, came and explained the surgery to us, he basically just re-told us what Dr. Hoakstra had told us. How the intestines are positioned within his little body, where the bad part is, how the 2 surgery options would work, etc. Everyone seems optimistic that Connor is a great candidate for the pull through surgery, however, obviously we just want whatever is best for Connor, and if that's the colonostomy, then that's what we get. She kind of gave us the run down on what the bag would look like, how we'd take care of it, even said it might be easier to take care of than a dirty diaper :)

So, we are going to head out and get some lunch, then come back and wait for the call that he's going down to surgery. We'll go down with him and apparently there are some really great monitors that tell us exactly what is going on during surgery, when they intubate him, when they make the first incision, then probably the closing alerts. Sounds like...if we start seeing the closing alerts within an hour, hour and a half after the first incision, we're getting the colonostomy, if it's taking 2-3+ hours, that should tell us that we're getting the pull through, so, I'd never say I wanted his surgery to last LONGER than it has to...but I might be today :)

Will keep you all posted!!