Day 2

1:15pm: They took out his pacing wires this afternoon. He did very well. We also had the arterial line in his right wrist taken out. He didn't love that. He is more awake now. He is on fluid restriction and can have 750cc a day! We will see how that goes. He has already eaten and he only wanted chicken, of course. I gave him 1 sour patch kid because he loves those. He only wants water. 

5:45pm: He doesn't have a catheter anymore and he is urinating like a champ. His clotting labs came back well and he didn't have to recieve any blood products to help with fluid. His rectal temp is gone, which he hated, obviously! He is awake a lot more. He cries about every 30 minutes. He really needs to cough a little so they brought him bubbles to help inflate his lungs. He only did it a couple times.

9:10pm: They just rounded and they don't have room for him on the step down unit on the 15th floor. He will get a normal floor bed tonight that will make him more comfortable. We brought Minion sheets! They brought him a heart pillow to help when he coughs and he seems to like it. He is still on morphine and Tylenol with codeine. The morphine seems to help but puts him to sleep. They are going to get him to stand tonight but the iv in his ankle will be difficult. They are taking out his central line that is placed in his neck tonight. (They also use this for blood draws which means that when they take it out they have to poke him every time!) I hate that.

9:45pm: We switched him to a better bed and put on his new minion sheets and Spider-Man blanket. He just had a dose of Morphine because the nurse changed his chest tube dressings. Seth also had to pick him up to weigh him. We hope our night is uneventful.