The surgery was supposed to take 1 hour and 20 minutes and it involved removing the extra bone and moving tendons and ligaments to the outside of his new thumb followed by a cast for 3 weeks. However, the surgery itself took only 45 minutes because when they started operating they realized he had two sets of tendons and ligaments so none needed to be moved. All they ended up doing was removing the bone and adding a bit of fat to the tip of his thumb to shape it better. Plus, instead of a cast for 3 weeks he only needs a bandage for 2-3 days which we can remove and then just cover the stitches with a band-aid. It was a relief to know that it went better than planned. An hour after his surgery we were on our way home and by the time we got home Isaiah was ready to eat! He ran around the rest of the day with Noah and the other kids and has shown no signs of pain in his thumb or anything. So far so good. Thanks everyone for your prayers and I will post pictures of his "new thumb" when the bandage comes off!
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It was a long day so after a bunch of food and some playing the kids cuddled up on the couch to watch a show before supper. In this picture I asked Isaiah where his third thumb was and he's giving me the "I don't know" hand.
