2:30pm: Take a quick glance at the post title and see how our day is going! Stockton's chest tubes continue to drain but not much. He walked to the play room today and actually wanted to go in! We played with trains and Mr. Potato head. We stripped his chest tubes this afternoon. He has only had to do that once a day for the past 3 days. His pain is under control with Hycet and ibuprofen now. We don't need the Toradol. He still hasn't had a bowel movement so we are going to have to do a suppository this afternoon. I wish we didn't have to. He takes Miralax, Senna and another stool softener to help and he just isn't budging. I was hoping we would be past that by now. He is talking so much more today. He has the light coming back. We are still unsure when we are going home but we miss it. The plan for the day is to switch from iv lasix to oral lasix, get him a sponge bath, get his electrolytes balanced and eat! He is on track with fluids today. Yay! We will update later today.
9:40pm: He hates taking meds. He takes Lasix, enalapril, Hycet and Ibuprofen (as needed), senna, and aspirin. He has been doing great with fluids and eating better. He still hasn't gone #2, even after a suppository. Grrrr! He is not in abdominal pain and his stomach is soft. Nothing serious, yet. He walked around twice and is doing well. We are grateful. I don't want to jinx us so I will just say that I hope we leave the hospital when we are fully ready. I worry they may release us then we will just have to come back. My heart would break!
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