First Night Post Op

Our first night in the PICU went as well as it could. I felt okay to send Alan and my mom home for some sleep. I stayed and was able to get a few hours of sleep little bits at a time. Isaac slept pretty well, but we had to watch his pain closely. He is still fighting a fever, but it is going down slowly. His heart beat was irregular most of the night and they thought the direct line in his neck might be causing it so the nurse took the line out early this morning. It didn't seem to help, but his heartbeat has been normal for the past few hours so they are no longer worried about that.

At 4:00 this morning Isaac had a 3 ounce bottle and threw it all up an hour later. He hasn't really eaten anything since, but he has IV fluids so he is doing well. They took out his catheter during the night as well and he has since had a wet diaper which is great. Everything is on track to be able to move to a regular floor sometime today.

Grandma Barnes got here before 7 this morning. Isaac's head wrap had fallen off during the night and the doctor said just to leave it off. We can now see his new head shape. The back of his head is quite swollen so his head just looks really big. It is definitely round and he looks different than before, but he is still our beautiful boy.

 

 

He is having more discomfort today and really wants to be held. We are all taking turns enjoying holding him. He opened his eyes right up when Dad came this morning and has been resting in his arms ever since.