June 30, 2009

Hilton has made it through his surgery successfully. He had a stricture that was about an inch long removed from his small intestine. He also had his hernia repaired. It will be several days before he can begin taking food again. His only difficulty since surgery has been pain control. He was given an epidural prior to surgery which should have lasted 16 to 18 hours. However, about an hour after he returned to the NICU he began experiencing pain. They are giving him morphine for the pain which by this evening it seems to finally be giving him some relief. It is so hard to see him in such pain. Please pray that his pain will be soothed and he will heal quickly.