Post Op Day 4 -- FOOD!!!

Owen had another fantastic night.  I got to the hospital around 6am and he was already bathed, teeth brushes, bandages changed and ready to start his day!  He loves his night nurse and we are happy that she'll be back again tonight.  Another night of sleep for me too. :)

The plan for today is to wean off the Milrinone.  Take him off the oxygen completely (pictures to come).  Start eating like a champ.  Getting his gtube feeds back to full nutrition.  Switch his Prednisone (steroids) and Cellcept (anti rejection med) from iv to gtube.  Then he'll just be getting iv Lasix and he has two more days of ATG (rabbit globulin).  Respiratory will be giving him Amphotericin B, an anti fungal breathing treatment later today, just routine and preventative. 

Owen's first meal post transplant was a success!  Chicken, grapes, ketchup, cranberry juice and water. He is doing great while eating and still struggles a bit with drinking.  We've been taking small sips of water and he does great.. but I always have fear of him aspirating post intubation, so we are taking it slow.

We are going to get Owen out of bed a little.  Maybe a wagon ride, sitting in the chair. He's still too weak to walk and has very weak core muscle strength.  He was a dead weight as I moved in him into the chair last night.  PT and OT will be here tomorrow morning to help work on that a little.  They said he should be moving out of the ICU by tomorrow or Tuesday.  Amazing!!!