One minor scare today, but everything seems to be on track. I visited Lewis very early this morning, before they sedated him for his MRI. When I arrived the resident told me that they were concerned about a red/raised area in his incision that had appeared overnight. It wasn't evident when he was given a bath late yesterday, but was evident this morning. They thought it might be cellulitis (a skin infection) or an abscess. They had drawn a ring around the spot with a marker, so that they could accurately assess whether it was getting larger (primitive, but effective). Long story short, the surgeon thinks it is a minor infection in one of the stitches and will go away on its own. They're keeping a close eye on Lewis, though, given his history of infection. They even left his IV in until this evening, just in case the docs wanted to run antibiotics.
Other than that, the day went pretty well. No problems putting in the IV and no problems with the MRI. We should know more about the results later this week. By this afternoon, Lewis was back on his regular feedings through the NG tube and the doctor decided to compress the time down to 90 ml over an hour and a half. Lewis even managed to fit in some physical therapy, which went well. He's moving his legs more and looking to the left more often. I just spoke with the nurse on tonight - it sounds like he's handling the faster feedings well. He also ate about 5 cc's of applesauce for Jenn today:)
Lewis was alert and in a good mood for much of the day, the infected stitch doesn't seem to be bothering him much, if at all.
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