We had another appointment with the surgeon today..just to go over everything the ENT specialist had said. She was very happy with what the specialist had to say and she said that things looked really good in Benjamin's airway. So surgery is scheduled for surgery at 8:00am May 12th. The ENT Dr. will take the first hour to look below Benjamin's voicebox and as long as there is nothing major Dr. Butter will continue on and repair Benjamin's hernia. He actually has 2 hernia's, one smaller and one bigger. He also has a puncture scar from his ileostomy surgery that is pretty stuck. She is going to try to fix that up a little as well. We are thankful we don't have to do pre-admit or bloodwork again. We have gotten Benjamin onto a pretty good schedule now too, so I think postponing surgery last time was good for that reason to. Last night he was up at midnight for a bottle and then didn't have another one until 6:30am. So he is tolerating longer stretches which will definitely help.

Next week we have no appointments..and nothing should come up. So we'll have a week off before a crazy week. Benjamin will have his "big" developmental follow- up at St. Joes on the Monday, OT Tuesday and surgery Thursday.

Anyways, I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. We did...another first for Benjamin. We ask for prayers of strength and comfort as we get ready for Benjamin's last surgery.