Surgery number 2

There's a LOT of information to pass along about the surgery, but I think I'll try to hit the high points. It's not the best news, but we expected most of it.
With the lung scope, they found that his malformation had expanded significantly into his airway. When he was born, it was just little dots that didn't extend into his airway... therefore he will definately need a trach. The malformation is above where the trach would be, so that would secure his airway. The plan for the trach is next week, probably towards the mid-end of the week. The docs still think the ability to suck/swallow is something he can learn, but will be a long process. The pulmonary doc said his lungs look okay.
The g-tube surgery wasn't too smooth. On top of the tube placement they were planning on doing a procedure that wraps his stomach around his esophagus. When trying to detach his stomach from his spleen, the spleen suffered damage. It took quite some time and quite a lot of effort to get the bleeding under control, but they were able to save his spleen and stop the bleeding. The procedure lasted a good extra hour or two because of this. They were able to insert the feeding tube with little trouble. They gave him lots of blood, plasma, etc to get the bleeding under control.
Unfortunately it was a pretty bumpy surgery, but Micah is back in his bed and doing okay. They're giving him morphine so he's pretty zonked, but he still is a bit feisty.
We're just glad it's over for now. Trach next week though. Good grief, poor kid. The good news is that when the trach is stable (which takes time), that's the biggest hurdle to clear to getting home. Which is a huge relief.