Not a whole lot to report today. Lewis was awfully fussy last night - awake at midnight and still awake and cranky at 3. Our best guess is that he still has some pain and maybe also having a problem going cold turkey from the meds he had been on. Ultimately, the docs decided to put Lewis on a small dose of pain killer every few hours to keep him more comfortable. Jenn did manage to hold him for an hour today though- he slept the whole time.
Other than that, Lewis started on 5 ml of milk every 3 hours through his g-tube. That worked okay, so they've upped him to 10. He's still getting all his nutrition through his PICC line (fancy IV in his leg) so the milk is more of a test for his system so far. Lewis' blood pressure is down somewhat, and he's down to one dose of Lasix (diuretic) a day. They've discontinued the antibiotics, since there's no sign of infection thus far.
The surgeon came by later in the day and is happy with the way things are progressing. The next big milestone will be when the hematoma shrinks enough to resolve the problems in Lewis' stomach. Hopefully another low key day of cuddles and healing tomorrow.
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