Early Morning Extubation!!!

I can't say it enough, but Owen is such a superhero. It's unreal. He hasn't complained about a single thing. Asks for his mouth swabs, tells us he's comfortable, he remains calm and communicates well with his medical team. Last night around 10:30pm he woke up and said "night night mom". I told him I was going to go get some sleep and he smiled and mouthed "ok.. I love you." I asked him if he was okay to stay with his nurse and he said "yes" and waved at her to acknowledge her. Then went to sleep. I ran back to the RMH to get a little shut eye and told the nurse to call for anything.

At 2:30am I got a call that he was awake and asking to get his breathing tube out. I came right away and the respiratory therapist was in shock at how sweet Owen was. He wasn't scared at all. He had a little bubble blowing competition with the RT and he was just watching his movie. The RT said, he is not a 5yr old boy, he is a little man!! He was impressed with his mature communication and disposition. That's my boy! :)

Owen blew some bubbles for me, and has been actively coughing as needed. He just smiled at me and said "night night" and told me his central line in his neck is sore. We gave him his next dose of Tylenol and he's sound asleep. They started him on 10 liters of high flow oxygen, but he's down to six. They will decrease that quickly and get him changed into a regular nasal cannula as he's ready.

The nurse is going to pull an IV or two that we aren't using and we'll change his chest dressing. I'm anxious to see his new "Zipper". The surgeons come around early so we'll see about the chest tube drainage, maybe we can pull one of those as well. Overall.. Owen couldn't be doing better. We are going to have a busy post op day 3!

  I'll stick around until we get through the ouchies (chest tubes, iv pulling, dressing changes) and then doctor rounds. This mama needs sleep so I am putting Daddy in charge after that for a while.  Kam will be a great distraction for Owen today and she will have him moving a little, playing games, ect.   I am hoping by around 7 he can start having some clear liquids and by lunch, he can have his first meal. 

I am still in awe of my Superhero.