Another miracle!

Zac woke up so well this morning. Almost happy, knowing that Dr. Paley was going to change his "robot" (the external fixator.) He was so peaceful the entire morning, even through the "going to sleep part." That made it a little easier for all of us! We are also encouraged, knowing that many prayers are going up...it is evident.

The Anesthesiologist had some difficulty incubating the air ways as Zac's are smaller and set back along with his jaw. This makes it difficult, and apparently is getting a bit worse has he gets bigger. It, however, does not effect his breathing. All of this delayed the actual surgery.

The surgery is over now, Zac is just waking up (James has gone back to hold him, normally I go 1st, so I am trying to be patient!). We have heard from the Anesthesiologist, and the surgeon (Dr. Paley). First the Anesthesiologist shared her perspective on what amazing thing Dr. Paley was doing. That was so comforting to hear, we knew then that another miracle had taken place.

Then Dr. Paley came out and happily announced that he had constructed a knee joint! He went in through the top of the leg, and using the cartilage formed a joint. He then used a synthetic material to act as a ligament for flexibility. The external fixator has changed to have a hinge. We will be removing a rod daily and exersising this new joint. The quatracept muscle is intact and should work nicely. As he was describing the range of motion that Zac's leg might get, it looked much more than the 20% that he had originally expected!!

We are just in awe, God is using this surgeon to work such miracles on Zac's legs!!!

As for now, we will nurse our precious little man back to recovery. Then we move a little closer to functional, mobile legs. Our overcomer continues to teach us that NOTHING is impossible...God is in contol!!!