Tuesday PROGRESS!

Owen is feeling better and stronger everyday.  The doctors that have been off for a week come back and are all in awe of his where he is today.  He was up and out of bed for PT and again to take a walk around his tiny room today.  He loves to walk over to the Nurse's supply cabinet and enter the security code.  Then he peeks through every drawer looking at all the supplies before locking it and doing it all over again.  He stands at the door of his room and just looks down the hall and waits for people to pass by so he can chat.  We looked out the windows in his room and you can watch the construction of the new hospital being built and they have random giant animals (dinosaur, bear, tortoise) outside the window.  

We have talked about moving on up to the floor (maybe tomorrow).  I am really nervous about the move, but I know he doesn't need ICU level of care at this point. He will have a 3/1 nurse ratio and a cardio is always present 24/7 on the unit.  We have good blood return from his central PICC line so we can pull his Arterial line soon.  He will just have his PICC line in his Right arm running Milrinone, TPN and Lipids... AMAZING!!!  We are always reminded how critical he still is and that his coronaries can take him down at any point.  Continue praying for stability until a heart comes.

Owen is in good spirits is eating more!!  He drank a lot of water today and sent me to the mall for soft prezels with salt.  He ate a few pretzel bites and that's good enough for me.  I pushed his tube feeds a bit and I got 10oz in him... which is awesome compared to the 4oz he has been tolerating.  Baby steps in the right direction.  

I got a little video of Owen playing stomp rocket for PT today.  He loves stomping the rockets into the hall and seeing what he could hit with the foam targets.  At the start of the video you can hear him say.. "I could do this all day...."  His voice is back and he is much less breathy between words.  Great progress.
Back on the homefront... the temps are sizzling!  Kam has been driving as much as she can so she take her drivers test soon.  Larissa made her drive through her first drive through today... I'm sure it will be the first of many.

Logi would be lost without this big Sis of his.  He cuddles her and plays with her curls... she is such a great sis to him.  I am so thrilled that they have eachother right now.. she needs him as much as he needs her.  They both love to facetime with Owen and I can't wait until they are all together again.. ONE WEEK!

Until tomorrow...