After surgery Max was brought into the PICU for recovery. Once he was settled and hooked up to all of his monitors we were able to visit him. His heart rate was pretty high when he was brought into the PICU but this morning it has settled down to a normal rate. Last night he was kept heavily medicated and this morning the nurses are weaning him off some of the medication with the hope of taking him off the ventilator today. It is a difficult balance to find with pain medication. Obviously we want Max to be comfortable and not throbbing with pain but too much medication keeps him from being awake and able to breath on his own. Right now we are waiting for him to wake up a little more and then the respiratory team is going to try taking him off the ventilator sometime this afternoon. He is really swollen today but he is responding well to touch and is wiggling around quite a bit. For most of the day I will just sit by his side. It is comforting to me to watch him breath, watch his heart rhythm and every once in a while I see his little eyes open for a second. I really can not believe how strong my baby is. He amazes me.
Here is Max being wheeled from the operating room to the PICU with the surgical team.
This is a picture of the first time we saw Max for the first time after surgery.
What do you do while you are at the hospital for 12 hours? We read, knitted, checked emails, updated blogs, checked facebook...
Max in the PICU
3 comments:
He looks great!!! Hope everything continues to go well for Max and the rest of you. Will Morgan get to see him sometime?
He is such a strong little guy! I can't wait for him to be able to wake up and for you to get to see his smiling little face again!
Sweet little baby--what a fighter! He's so lucky to have such a strong family.
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