At 11:30, the surgeon came out to tell us that Owen did great! She said he was in Cardiac ICU getting settled, but that he was awake and comfortable. She said wait about 20 min and then go back and see him. Well, she obviously doesn't know me that well yet, because there is no way I was going to wait even a second. I snuck back to the PICU to see my little guy.He was drowsy, but content. He snuggled Mommy, then Daddy, then Mommy some more. So far, there hasn't been any intolerable pain. He's had one dose of IV morphine and is sleeping that off right now. We'll work with tylenol for pain the rest of the night.
Owen doesn't recognize any of his old nurses, but we sure do. He has one of his favorites today and she raided the Child Life closet and came back with a remote control "choo choo", a teddy bear and a dinosaur blanket. We talked with his cardiac surgeon and all the cardiologists are dropping in to say what a big boy he is.
We're off to start Pedialyte... the little guy needs some food!!! I'll update more later.. and ya betcha there will be more pictures!!
22 comments:
So glad things went well, I've been thinking about you guys lots today!
Good job Owen! You are the best little patient in the world! And how wonderful to see no ng in your nose!!!
Hugs and love to all of you. Praying for a continued smooth recovery and lots of rest for everyone tonight.
Awesome! Glad it's over with. He looks really great without that NG tube!!!!
What a blessing that the surgery went well! Praying for a quick recovery :)
Hooray! I am so glad that Owen did will with the Gtube surgery and is now NG free. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers that you are home soon. That Owen is such a little trooper!
So glad everything went good. So sad that he has to endure all that. Glad the Lord blessed him -as well as his mom- with a happy disposition- I'm sure it helps him deal with it all.
YEAH! Glad things went good!! Now you deserve a good nights rest!
So, so happy he's doing well. No NG!!!
Poor little guy. Hope he's 100% very soon. :)
Yeah for a smooth placement! SO glad he did well and is comfortable! Sure love that little guy!
I must say, life will be nice with the G-tube. . . and best of all we will get to see MORE of cute OWEN'S face! Glad it went well!
Love-
Heidi
I am SO glad that everything went good, God is so amazing!!!
Love, Hugs and Prayers-
Tiff
Can't wait to see little man tube free. So glad everything went smoothly. Love his P.J's.
Sleep well tonight!
He looks wonderful! And I am thrilled you got the button right away! Glad all went well ~ and that he's not intubated! whohoo Owen!!
SO nice to see those cutie cheeks with no NG!
Wendy
I am just amazed at your little guy. He handles everything with such courage and ALWAYS has such a wonderful attitude. I just love him to pieces :) I am so relieved to hear that he did well and is recovering nicely...I'm like you..I couldn't have waited the 20 minutes either!
Praying you all have a restful night and he continues to do well.
Hugs to you all!
I'm so happy things went well! Good job Owen!
YAY Owen! So glad things went well.
He always has such a beautiful bright smile on his face. I can always count on him bringing a smile to my face when I see pics of him.
You have an awesome little man there!
So happy to hear that surgery went well. I know you are relieved it is over with. Praying for a speedy recovery.
I'm so glad things went well! I do have to say he looks adorable in the little gown.
I remember when my son, Tristan, had tubes put in his ears. I didn't wait to go see him either, I was there as he woke up. I know the magnitude of the surgeries were different but I know I didn't want to miss a minute either.
Yippee. I have thought about him all day. We should all be a little more like Owen and the world would be a better place-sweet, happy, little guy. So glad you all are doing okay.
Oh, so happy to see his sweet face again after surgery. I have been thinking of all of you and praying for him all day today!
Owen, you are awesome! We love you!
Kerri, Mel, McCanless and Mary Clare
What a trooper. Glad things went well. We're thinking about ya.
Im the unknown follower of all the heart kids iunforently dont have one of these blog sites because i use myspace for all my blogging. anyhoo my name is holly and my son has Tetralogy of fallot also has a gtube but we are npo till after heart surgery in november. we havent always been that way though and in fact we even had the annoying pain in the rear tube in the nose also,let me tell you gtube all the way actually and im sure you agree no tube period but if we have no choice im all for gtube. anyhoo thats awesome owen is doing so good brayden will be 1 in a couple weeks and doesnt walk nor crawl in fact hes only been sitting up for a month or so now. anyhoo fell free to drop by our myspace www/myspace.com/bizzo84 or e mail if you want hollyzenick@comcast.net. take care,
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