Samuel is out of surgery!

Samuel was in surgery for over 18 hours.  I was not able to see him until this morning.  He remains in ICU and is still on the ventilator.  They are keeping him heavily sedated so that he doesn't try to move at all.  His arms are tied and he has many tubes again.  His heart rate has been high through the night are they are watching it closely.  His magnesium level is low so they are giving him some through his IV's.  He is not as swollen as they expected him to be after 18 hours of surgery.  All the surgeons have been by to check on his this morning.  They are all super tired and joking about how hard it is to stand on their feet today.  Their eyes show how pleased they are with the results.  I think they were surprised it went as well as it did in the end considering they had such sketchy first ten hours.  He's doing well for going through so much.  Now we wait, rest and let God do His part in healing Samuel's body.  Being at Hopkins is so different that it was at Memorial Hermann Hospital.  We are at the smaller, never Johns Hopkins than we were at when Samuel was little.  It isn't the big trauma hospital so everything is far more relaxed and peaceful.  His ICU nurse is every sweet.  She only watches him and one other patient.  The next few days for Samuel will be very critical.  Please continue to lift him up in prayer.