Thursday, September 8, 2011

Day 8 - evening update

We had a pleasant afternoon & evening tonight. We made it upstairs to the play atrium twice today plus borrowed a game between our 2 visits to sit up in bed & play. We were also visited by our pastor this afternoon. While he was here, we got an afternoon treat of ice cream bars & also a visit by 3 clowns!

Then later in the afternoon, Ethan's peripheral IV (PIV) in his foot blew so they took it out. Now all he has is the one PIV in his right hand. Hopefully tomorrow's chest X-ray will look a little clearer & they'll be able to transition him to oral Lasix so he won't need the PIV in his hand & can get that removed too since it's barely hanging on. We also got to remove the gauze bandage from his chest tube removal so we're feeling less & less uncomfortable each day!

Ethan was also surprised with a HUGE Lightning McQueen balloon that he's enjoyed playing with!

Tomorrow he's due for another 6am blood draw :( followed by probably another attempt at trying to disguise potassium in something to eat or drink. Today we were mildly successful at getting him to take his morning dose in a cup of OJ & his evening dose in a cup of Crystal Light lemonade.

Tomorrow we will also have a chest X-ray & continue walking & breathing therapies.

As always, thanks for checking in on us & continuing to keep us in your prayers!

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