Well, I am now sitting next to Bobbinog in ICU. We booked in at Red Cross yesterday afternoon. Then proceeded to wait for 4 hours for a bed for him. When we finally got one, we were officially checked in and ready for his liver resection on Friday morning 8am which was this morning. Scary big time.

At 7h45 they came to fetch him to go to theatre. We went down and waited. He was taken in just after 8. Then the real stress began as the operation was in progress. It was a really difficult morning for us, but at 12h30 when his doctor came out to tell us that it went very well and was successful with only 1 complication being putting in the catheter, we burst into tears. What an amazing feeling knowing all had gone well and he was ok.

They were still busy stitching him up in theatre. We waited patiently to see him. At about 13h30 he was wheeled out of surgery into ICU. We were expecting to see lots of machines, and to see him on a breathing machine etc, but what we saw was our beautiful little boy, awake and alert and breathing on his own. WOW. He truly is a tough little bugger.

In ICU he is being monitored for everything. He is on morphine and an epidural drip, but still ratty and sore occassionally. But then he has every right to be. He has had major surgery and he has a large T cut on his tummy. He also cannot eat anything until sunday, as firstly they had to move his tummy out the way to get to the liver, so it needs to settle, and also, the doctor does not want anything in his tummy as when it expands it will rub on the liver and he wants the liver to settle too.

However he is doing very well. He is stable at the moment and has been all day, and we pray that it stays that way.

Me and Mike are now going to do bedside shifts, so we can rest in between while the other is on Bobbinog watch. I am here at the moment and have been since 7pm. Dad is coming to do his shift at 2am. We will probably do 6 - 8 hr shifts per time so the other can get 2/3 hrs sleep in between. Going to be a tough weekend, but it is worth it big time. Our Bobbinog needs us and we will be there for him, if only for emotional support (both for him and us).

Well he is nicely settled and fast asleep at the moment. Will advise how we go.

Thank you everyone who is following this and praying for him, we really appreciated your support.