Surgery #1 is complete. According to the surgeon, Torsten is looking and tracking straight as of now. That can change, but as of today, things are looking good.
The doctors said that the surgery went really well. Shortly after he went to recovery, they called us back so we could be there when he woke up. Apparently he set some kind of record for time it takes for a baby to wake up. Torsten took 2.5 hours to respond to anything. Even after that, I can't really say that he "woke up". He nursed for a few minutes in his sleep, cracked open his eyes briefly a few times and kicked his legs a little, but even now (over 4 hours later) he's completely out. I've never wanted to hear him cry so badly.
We haven't seen much of his eyes, but from the few glimpses we've had, they do seem to be straight. They're also extremely red and he's had some bloody tears. Hopefully he won't be in much pain, but the doctor told us to proactively give him Tylenol and to call if we needed anything stronger.
Since I haven't slept longer than 2 hours consecutively in weeks, I'm going to lay down next to my sleeping munchkin and try to get a little rest. We have nothing but snuggling on the agenda for the rest of the day.
We haven't really seen Torsten awake since the surgery, so if there is anything else to report once he's up, I'll post again later. We've received texts, calls and emails from so many of you and wanted to thank you all for thinking of us. Your love and prayers have been absolutely overwhelming and amazing. We're so fortunate to have such an amazing support network! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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