Commencing Expansion

Today is the first expansion procedure.  A little nervous.  It has been explained to us that saline solution will be injected via the ports under C's skin into the expansion balloons.  The doctor will know when to stop by the discomfort he shows.  The discomfort is a necessary part of the process and is momentary.

After fill #1

The injection went better than anticipated. I had to hold C immobilized cradled against my chest.  The doctor used two larger syringes to fill both at the same time.  C cried when the needles went in, screamed when he felt pressure.  Injection stopped, the needles came out, C sat up and was done crying in about 3 seconds.  We waited a few minutes to observe and make sure everything would be okay.  To C it was almost like nothing had happened.  They got in 10 cubic centimeters in the front and about 20 in back.  We'll be back in 2 weeks.