Those were the surgeons exact words this morning when he stopped by to see how Elijah was doing. Our little guy had a very tame night and all his numbers (oxygen, blood pressure, heart rate) look great. The only thing he wasn't doing very well this morning was peeing, and that is probably related to his kidney issue, so they are giving him some Lasix to hopefully drain him out. The doctors had told us to be prepared for possible major puffiness, but he's just mildly puffy, as you can see in the pics, so that is good. They are weaning him off the ventilator today and hopefully by tomorrow he can be completely off! He is still in Intensive Care, but once he comes off the vent, and as long as he's still stable, he can step down to recovery on 3rd floor. He's still totally out of it. They need to make sure he doesn't move around much because he might try to yank his tubes/wires out, so he's on muscle relaxants right now.
I have NO DOUBT that he is doing this well because of the HUNDREDS of people we've had praying for him. I really do believe that. Please keep the prayers coming....today and tomorrow are crucial recovery days for our little champ.
Right before we handed him over yesterday. :(
Post-op--a bit puffy, but not too bad
Look at all those machines!
5 comments:
He looks really good. It sounds like recovery is moving forward quickly. All of you are in our thoughts.
He looks great....
I'm sooo happy it's all going so well...
You are all in our prayers...
what a miracle he is!
I am screwing up my eye make up b/c I'm tearing up!!!!!!!!!
Big heart (((hugs)))
The King Family ~ Las Vegas
Thinking of all three of you constantly. You all are very strong. Hang in there. Love you.
Missy
Miracle child! Thats a really good report from the doctor. He looks real good. Good job Eli!!!
Yea! and again, I say YEA!
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