A Busy Day

Owen had another "stable" day.   He slept well last night but had his nurse wake me up often so he could smile and wave at me.  The weekends in the CVICU we tend to take things slowly.  We stopped his Morphine drip and switched to Dilaudid because the constant itching was out of control.  He has done much better with the new drug to keep him comfortable.  He is getting a very low dose but it keeps him comfortable, and he is still fully awake and alert (eyes open and talking).  We have him fluid negative so we have him on just a very low dose of Lasix drip to keep him where we want the fluid balance.  He is getting some super high fat TPN and Lipids for nutrition so nothing in the belly yet.  We pulled the Foley catheter today so that should feel much better.  We discussed extubation but agree he needs a couple more days just to keep as much demand off the heart as we can.  We will work on weaning Epi tomorrow.   He has had fevers throughout the day so we are using cooling blankets and around the clock Tylenol drip to help.  His WBC is low and he doesn't seem to have any infections but we started antibiotics just to be safe. They also sent off blood cultures to be proactive.  The fevers are a result of his cardiac arrest and severe heart failure.  He remains in good spirits!  He had MANY visitors today (2 at a time) and they mostly just let him know they are in here.. but we don't bother him too much.  He got plenty of solid rest throughout the day and I really hope he sleeps well tonight.  Baby steps...

I left early and showered at the hotel.  I got some time with these other two loves outside the hospital for a couple hours before rounds this morning. 

Kam went with her cousins to the Winchester House in San Jose and took the tour...

Everyone rallied at the hospital for the afternoon and kept Logan busy.  I finally have a baby with more energy than I do.  He wore these five teenagers out!! 

I spent the majority of the day bedside with Owen but Carson got a turn while I took the other two to dinner with the fam.  We ate on the patio and Logan went a million miles a minute.  That boy is a ball of energy!  I got to give Logi a bath and got to snuggle my baby to sleep for the first time in almost a week.  It was just what we both needed.  

I'm back with my little Superhero and we are getting ready for bed.  The baby next to us was just extubated and has a fierce cry so I hope he can get some sleep tonight.  Keep the prayers coming ... mostly for Owen to remain calm and comfortable.  :)