However she did say that about 50% of the children that have coronal craniosynostosis need eye surgery, so she wants to monitor him closely. He will probably need to see her for the next 3-5 years depending on how he's doing. So Bryce will go back to see her in February once he's all healed from his surgery.
Also if he does need eye surgery she said the procedure is pretty quick and he would be out of the hospital the same day. Nothing compared to his cranio surgery.
On our way out of the hospital we happened to walk by the family services department. We decided to walk in and see what it was all about and were so happy we did. We learned they have something at Children's called Child Life Services. We met the manager of the Child Life department and the manager of the social work department. Both women were extremely helpful and encouraging, and the Child Life Specialist walked us around the PICU (pediatric intensive care unit) and explained to us that Bryce will probably be there for at least one night and then will be moved to the neuro wing. We talked to her about Bryce's surgery, visiting hours, the type of room we will be in and so forth. She encouraged us to rotate sleeping at the hospital and to have a plan for visitors, sleeping at home, friends bringing us food, etc. She also talked to us about Kaylin, if we should bring her to the hospital, how and when to explain Bryce's surgery to her, etc.
In the meantime:
We had a wonderful Halloween! Cinderella and her little cute mouse were so adorable and had a blast trick or treating.
Bryce is so strong and is sitting up so well now! He loves playing with all his toys and grabbing everything in sight. He's rolling over a ton and also enjoys being on his tummy a lot more now than he used to. He's getting so big!
