Out of surgery

His repair surgery is finished!! They were able to close the opening without using any skin grafts. He had plenty of muscle and skin to cover. The repair is horizontal, so it's like a little smiley face on his back. The Dr. said everything went well, unfortunately there was some meconium in the lesion which isn't something they liked to see, but they did what they could to flush it out and clean it up carefully. His external shunt is in place and they had to shave some of his long brown hair on his head to place it, but they saved the hair for us (I have no idea what to do with that little tuft of hair, but it was thoughtful). We might be able to hold him tomorrow on a pillow and hopefully we can start to feed him soon.  It is a relief to have that part done, now onward to the next challenge!