There's our baby (far left) with the first attempt to repair the omphalocele. They call it a 'silo'. Basically, how I understood it, the surgeons stitched this mesh sack around the omphalocele and every day they sinched it (in the middle) a little tighter, hoping that within 7-10 days the omphalocele would be pushed in and they could sew his abdomen muscles together to hold it. Viola! Though it didn't quite work that way for us. Wil's omphalocele was extremely large and with trying to fix it he was also a little swollen which made matters a little more difficult. They tried this method several times and every time within a few days it would tear. The following pictures are of the other silos. The plastic wrap next to the silo is covering up Wil's bladder which was exposed. Now you can see why Wil's little homemade bed was so important. He had to be flat on his back during all this. With all the hard work his doctors gave, unfortunately the silo's did not work, other means would have to be taken. By the way the Lord totally blessed us with the best surgeons! We are so fortunate!
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