SharonWatt

After being airlifted from Benoni to Johannesburg Matthew was stabilised and grandparents were permitted to see him briefly.
My first viewing of a very special little boy.
All I could think of when looking at him was how can a little baby who looks so perfect on the outside be so broken on the inside.
The paediatrician looking after him explained what they were going to be doing and shared two of Professor Beale's (the paediatric surgeon who would be operating on him) success stories on babies with CDH.
She did however warn us that there were going to be good days and bad days and all we could do was wait.
He was moved back onto an oscillator (from the paramedic's ventilator) immediately after being admitted to the Parklane and they were able to stabilise him and he had a good first night in ICU.
On Saturday 22/11 at around lunchtime he became very unstable with his blood pressure going sky high and then dropping very low for a while. Checking my phone messages during that time, I have a message from my son, when I asked how Matthew was doing that just says 'very unstable'.
Medication was once again increased and he remained stable through the night and all of Sunday too.
After two stable days, surgery was scheduled for Monday 24/11 sometime after 5pm.