Ethan & J slept better last night - no problems falling asleep & no long periods of being awake overnight - just waking momentarily every couple of hours for the nurse to take vitals.
This morning's X-ray looked a little better - still a pocket of fluid around his right lung so the plan for today is to walk every 2 hours. Our first walk was at 11am. The reward was a wagon ride the rest of the loop on the floor, stopping about 4 rooms away & having to walk back to bed.
His oxygen sats have dropped to 85-90 so he's back on 2L of o2 for the day. Hopefully with all the walking & lots of deep breathing & coughing, that will help remove the fluid & give him more room in his chest to expand his lungs. We're also supposed to get the chest tubes out & that will be great! We're thinking & praying that will make walking easier.
E's cardiologist confirmed there's still no room on the CICC floor so we'll stay in the PICU at least another day, which is fine by us b/c there's not really anything different we'd be doing up there anyway, besides having a little less nurse interaction & gaining a full bathroom in-room (being so pregnant, it requires many potty breaks & if Dan or another family member isn't in the room with him while I'm gone, he gets scared/upset & his oxygen sats drop).
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