Today's focus was mostly on keeping Lewis comfortable and safe, so he can get started healing. Once he got settled last night and got started on his medicines and fluids, he had a pretty calm evening. Getting him settled wasn't such a quick process though. He got a couple of transfusions, antibiotics, medicines for pain and sedation, a diuretic to help him get rid of some of the fluids from surgery and nutrition by IV. His ventilator is already down to room air (no added oxygen) but we've been warned they're likely to keep him intubated for a few days. Since this was a more invasive surgery, Lewis will need more pain meds than last time. In order provide those drugs to an infant safely, they have to keep him on the ventilator.
The surgeon came by during the day today. He thought things looked good so far - not too much swelling and the drains and incisions looked the way he wanted them to look. So far, Lewis' temperature is normal and his blood pressure appears to be under control.
The physician who heads up the NICU told us that, in his 35 years of practice, he's never seen a baby have as many bad breaks in a row as Lewis. Now that we hold the record, we figure our man should start to rest up and head in the other direction. Hopefully that journey starts today.
Sending healthy vibes to Lewis...
ReplyDeleteYou all are in our thoughts and prayers.
With Love, The Tahoe Behars