We got a page at about 7:00pm that Grayson was out of surgery.  The surgeons sat down with us to tell us that everything went really well, and to tell us what to expect next.  The craniofacial plastic surgeon said Grayson's face was really small!  The smallest he had ever seen.  So, he had to widen both the forehead and the orbital bones quite a bit.  There didn't appear to be any pressure on his brain, but it was really really tight right between his eyes sort of where the bridge of his nose is.  Grayson's brain should start filling up his new head pretty quickly.

We're in the recovery room now, because the ICU is full.  There isn't anyone else in here though, so it's kind of like having our own private gigantic room.  Grayson also has an ICU nurse here with him 24-7.  We got to see him for the first time around 8:30pm.  He looks pretty strange.  Not only is his head extremely wide, and swollen, but he has a drainage tube running across his forehead under the skin, and coming out below his left ear.  Even when he sleeps, one eye is open, while the other is mostly shut.  Hard to describe, but I'll just say he looks really strange, and you probably don't want to see a picture.  Not until some of these tubes come out anyway.  He still looks cute to me, though.  I can see the inside corners of his eyes for the first time!  He'll look a bit overcorrected for about a year, they say, but I can already tell that his new head is going to look awesome eventually.

He whimpers and cries out a lot, but they're keeping him pretty comfortable with morphine until he can take Tylenol.  I got to hold him for a bit too, which was really great.  He's back in his crib/bed now and hopefully he'll get some good sleep for a couple of hours.  I taped his prayer chain from Cranio Care Bears at the end of his crib, which is so cool.  Shelby from CCB came by to deliver the most wonderful awesome care package, and to provide some company and comfort while we waited this evening.  Thanks to all for the support and prayers today.