Updates for 03/04/07

We're HOME!!!! :-)

Updates for 03/03/07

Another sleepless night ... I'd pretty much given up even trying. Gavin seems fussy most of his waking hours and we're not sure why. We did spend some more time walking out of his room and around the hospital, that seemed to calm him (must be getting bored). Also spent some time keeping him upright.
As for going home? Naaa, Dr. squashed that idea pretty quick ... he didn't want us to leave so soon after getting that extra dose of IV lasix. He's went back to oral lasix and will take some more x-rays tomorrow and see how things are.

Updates for 03/02/07

Didn't get much sleep this night in the hospital. It seems there's someone coming in every few hours to run some stats on the little guy (or his roommate). Gavin is VERY fearful when other people approach him, as if he knows they are going to poke or prod him with something. Every time a nurse or dr. comes around he, he starts to fuss and cry, even if it's to do something simple like listen to his heart beat.

There were rumors we "could" possibly leave this day, so the morning was a flurry of activities of taking (and retaking) tests. In the end, the Dr. decide to hold off because the chest x-ray showed some build up of fluid. He'll take an extra does of lasix to help remove some of the fluid.

Updates for 03/01/07

10:33 p.m
Gavin got moved to CV East, which means we need to stay with him in his room 24/7 during the final days of his recovery (that's a good thing). He has the IV line in his left arm, but that's about it. He's not even hooked up to a pulse-ox machine anymore!! Woo Hoo! (I certainly won't feel sad about returning the one we have at home).
He's been real fussy today ... hard to tell if its pain, hunger, of if he's tired. He's eating sporadically again (back to his normal self in a way) but after what he's been through, that can't be too surprising.
Ironically, we're back in the same room we originally had with his first surgery ... go figure.

Updates for 02/28/07

Oops ... missed a day....

11:30 p.m.
Gavin has most of the wires and such out. They pulled the chest tubes out and the feeding tube. They also removed the line in his neck as well (yeah!). He's drinking pretty good from a bottle and he's enjoying being able to sleep in his side.