Well, things are moving along slower than we were originally told they would but the doctors in rounds this morning aren't concerned, they said it's normal for this recovery to be a little longer than the last one because more of the body is having to adjust to the new blood flow. I asked about a possible window for discharge & they're saying Tuesday or Wednesday would be optimistic.
Not much new to update since mid-day yesterday. In fact, yesterday sorta felt like a day off. We didn't take as many walks but the ones we did take were longer than the ones we took downstairs in the PICU. We spent a lot of time trying to just catch up on rest mainly. In fact, Ethan's still asleep at 9:30am as I'm writing this!
The plan for today is to get at least 3 walks in, plus really work hard at taking BIG, deep breaths to try to open up his lungs more & continue on IV lasix & the other IV diuretic to also help pee off the fluid buildup. He's still on .3L of O2 & we're not going to change anything today.
We plan to make stops at the play areas during the walks so he can have a little fun & forget the fact that he's sitting up outside of his bed/room.
We also plan to work with the respiratory therapist - blowing bubbles, blowing pinwheels, etc to help with the deep breathing exercises.
Please keep up the prayers - we still need them & know they are working! God even answered a small one for me at 5:30am when they came to draw blood for labs & couldn't get any blood to flow so they had to dig around a little. Poor Ethan was crying & saying ouch but as soon as I silently prayed, the blood came!
2 comments:
Poor guy! Thinking of you today!
awww, so thankful for that answered prayer this morning! you guys are an encouragement to me as you trust God in this season of life! can't wait for yall to get home and back to normal life so we can see ethan!
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