Our night nurse is Arlene...and she was very nice. We haven't had her before...but, she reassured me that she could handle the responsibility of being Isaac's primary caregiver overnight! As far as Isaac goes...we have a couple of things that we're keeping our eyes on. His blood pressure is a little high, but they have drugs for that. His fever is creeping slowly up again...and we have tylenoyl for that. His left leg isn't as puffy...but, they did the cath today in that SAME leg (after I told him to leave it alone)...so...we're just watching it to make sure the swelling doesn't come back. And..we're watching his secretions...they're finally getting thick and junky...YUCK! There's lots of suctioning going on..but, they're increasing each day...so, we may have to get a culture tomorrow to make sure an infection isn't trying to brew. But, other than that...my man is high on morphine and hopefully having sweet dreams of colorful bears dancing and singing!!!
Joe made it home tonight...and was so excited to be back that he woke up the boys! (on a school night)...I'm sure they'll be up all night...all of them!
I pulled Isaac's toys out tonight...because, once that vent's out...he'll be ready to play! Can you tell in the pictures that he plays with them even in his sleep! He's amazing!
Thanks Ray and Annie for taking the time to make Isaac a heart bear...it's PERFECT! I'll put it in his crib tomorrow and take a picture to share with everyone! We love it!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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I love Isaac's toyland. You're such a good mommy...getting him all prepared to play! :)
I hope that nurse doesn't come back today. It is amazing to me that hospitals like these can hire people who aren't as attentive as they should be. Every time we had a shift change Dan and I would wince as we got to see what nurse we were going to get. Good nurses are wonderful and make life so much easier for everyone.
Anyway, sorry for the rant. It sounds like Mr. Isaac is doing well. We'll continue to pray for no infection and for things to even out for him soon. I remember Elijah having some suspicious-looking secretions for a long time after surgery and all the nurses seemed very concerned and did a good job of scaring us, but it turned out to be nothing.
He's doing so great. What a stud!
well I had just left you a long comment.. but it's gone??
anyway..
that creeping fever concerns me..
more later..
please keep us updated..
The boys are up. Chris has already left for school and Eli will soon be on his way out the door. They
were excited to see their dad. Eli has walked around all morning with his snow globe.
Maybe they will be able to take the vent out today. I'm quite sure they are ready to move him out of that area so they can have the bed space.
You are doing a FANTASTIC job taking care of that little one.
Keep him happy.
Okay.. I give up..
I just wrote you another long comment.. there was an error and it's gone...
GAH GAH GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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