Today, we visit Children's Hospital LA for Jake's 14th surgery. Jake will be seen by his craniofacial surgeon, Dr. Urata. The procedure is necessary to adjust malformations with Jake's teeth and palate and allow for proper spacing to fix some malformations with his teeth that are trapped above and set the stage for corrective work in the future with his palate and mouth.
We had Jake's pre-op on Tuesday and he passed his Covid PCR requirement so off we go today. As Jake has gotten older, his surgical wait times have increased. Since it is a children's hospital age determines the start time so Jake is going to have to wait till 1pm for his surgery with us needing to arrive at 11am. More updates to come later and there is a chance Jake wouldn't need the hospital stay tonight but as is the case with all of the past procedures, he always seems to be on the longer side of the estimated hospital stay or recovery timeline.
The patient is in good spirits this am which is all we can ask for.
Keep Jake in your thoughts today.
****Breaking News- Surgery just moved up so we now arrive at 9:30 for an 11:30 start time.
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