A Day of Rest

Mason did pretty well throughout the night, but did keep his nurse on her toes. He tried really hard to spike a fever and kept his heart rate high, but both are to be expected after a surgery. They continued to keep him sedated and paralyzed last night to allow his little body to rest. Mama and Papa tried to rest, too, but well, let's just say it's difficult when the little guy is being monitored so closely. I'm sure the nurse was entertained as we tossed and turned on the skinnier than a twin bed or on the lined up chairs with a pad over the top - surprisingly, it wasn't that uncomfortable. When the anesthesiologist came in to check Mason this morning, he was startled when I sat up on the lined up chairs - I think "Hey, there's a mom right there" were his exact words.

We are very thankful for the wisdom of Mason's team of doctors. All were in agreement that this should be a day of rest. They did try to wean down on his diuretics, but then after he started to get a little puffy, went back up. Otherwise, he got the foam around his new trach changed and got to sleep all day long. He continues to "wake up" every once in a while and doesn't really like where he is. He desaturated each time he did wake up, but no where near the level he did last week. For this, we are extremely thankful. We are likely going to give him a few more days' rest before challenging him by trying taking off the paralytics. The doctors don't want to take the risk of anything happening to the new trach before it has a chance to start healing. So, the prayer for the next several days: Please let Mason's days and nights be boring so that his body can heal as it needs to!!

Until the next post, I think I'm pretty much going to spend my time staring at my son's face and getting used to the unobstructed features. I know it's an odd statement, but I need to re-learn all the features of my 22 month old son's face. I almost don't recognize him. I am amazed at how much a nasal canula can change how he really looks.