Since we're so blessed that Ethan's doing so well, Dan has decided to go in to work today. I got to the hospital this morning and Ethan's oxygen had been moved down from .3 liters to .2, then about 30 minutes later, his nurse moved it down to .1 and they'll monitor that for a few hours. If that goes well, then she'll try taking him off oxygen and see how that goes - that's the main thing keeping us here, so be praying that goes well. It's great that he's been able to be so mobile so soon afer surgery! I may even get to take him upstairs to the playroom after lunch. There's an infant play time from 2-2:45 pm that his nurse just told me about today, so that will be fun!
Ethan just got his chest tube bandages and incision bandages removed while I was typing this post and the nurses are very pleased with how well he's healing. Then 2 cardiology residents came by and shut his oxygen off completely so they will monitor that for a couple of hours. Hopefully Ethan will take his nap and his oxygen sats will continue to look good during that time so we can get out of here soon - the residents said we may be out sometime this weekend if things continue to go this smoothly. They credit his success to how big he is, but we know all the real credit goes to our Heavenly Father for helping get him so strong and healthy leading up to this surgery.
Praises:
-Thank you Lord for the great medical staff here at UNC Hospital
-Thank you Lord for the speedy recovery this time around
-Thank you Lord for no signs of infection nor sickness while we've been here
-Thank you Lord for all the prayer requests already answered including our biggest concern about Ethan's interest in eating after being intubated/extubated
Prayer Requests:
-Pray Ethan continues to do well being off oxygen
-Patience for us if he does need to go back on a little oxygen since that's the only thing keeping us here
-Continued healing at such a speedy pace
-Pray for continued interest in eating (it's hard staying on a schedule here at the hospital with nurses coming in to check on him and update us)
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3 comments:
Wow, how awesome! :)
Julie,
Fabulous news! We're so thrilled that things are going so smoothly and so quickly! Guess we won't have time to come out and see you at this rate! We'll have to come see you at home! :)
-- Meg D. ytyghg
How GREAT!!! You are all in our prayers...Ethan is amazing us all! This is so encouraging as we are packing up to have our Annabelle in 3 days! Looking forward to hearing more good news soon~ Rebecca
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