Surgery Update - Day 2

Today was a pretty uneventful day which is incredibly good in the Cardiovascular ICU world.  We got to the hospital around 7:30 am and they said he had a good night.  All day his blood pressures would rise when he was awake, usually because he was hungry or crying.  Earlier in the day they were just giving him pedialyte and he was miserable he was so hungry.  Later we were able to give him 2 oz of formula at a time which really seemed to satisfy him.  He would usually eat and then fall back asleep.  He wasn't awake for very long stretches of time (may 15-20 minutes) and toward the end of the day he seemed to tolerate that wakefulness much better than he did earlier in the day.

We left tonight around 8:30 pm and by that time, they had completely taken him off of the blood pressure meds and he was staying within the normal ranges when he was asleep.  I hope that by tomorrow morning, they will have taken out most of his main lines so he can move around more freely.  He loves to sleep on his side so we had him propped on his left side most of the day but he is an active sleeper so he moves around a LOT and I think once he can move a bit more freely, he'll be able to get comfortable without our assistance every time.

He's really handling everything like a champ.  His oxygen levels have been good all along even though he pulled out the tubes in his nostrils early on in the day.  They just left him out because his oxygen levels were fine on their own.  He didn't have great wet diapers today so they decided to feed more and give more diuretics to help move some of the fluid out of his body.

We were really hoping for a smile today but I know that's a lot to ask.  He was definitely more focused and tracked us today which was great to see.  We really can't ask for anything more!  I pray he gets moved to a regular room tomorrow where we can all get a little more comfortable.  I also pray for those little heart warriors in the CVICU all around us.  There are so many little ones fighting...it's just heart breaking to see.

Some pics of our little warrior today...