Thursday, June 18, 2009

Recovery

We are in the PICU now with our little man. Elijah is resting comfortably on his tummy with his arm wrapped tightly around Monkey. When he is awake he has been super crabby, repeating DUH (done) and BYE and crying and screaming. As we were just told by a doctor, this is an extremely painful surgery, so we really have to stay on top of the pain meds.

Speaking of pain meds, Elijah has developed an allergy to morphine. I had him lying on my lap when I noticed that he was feeling warm. I lifted his shirt up to cool him off only to find a mass of hives all over his torso. His nurse gave him a dose of Benadryl and that seems to have helped. It totally stinks that he has an allergy. It always felt so good to say, "No!" when the doctors asked if he had any allergies. Because he was on the tail end of a cold and because he was intubated (by the way, he was extubated immediately after surgery), he sounds pretty croupy and is having a hard time catching a breath, especially when he is crying. We are waiting for his first round of nebs right now.

We just got to see our beloved Dr. Gremmels! Aaaahhh, we love him. Everyone here is so wonderful. Elijah is one very well cared for little boy.

We will be in the PICU tonight and tomorrow we will move up to third floor, assuming everything goes well.

Please keep the prayers coming for a complication-free recovery (and no more allergy discoveries!). Thank you!

11 comments:

Sarah said...

We are praying!

Tricia said...

Prayers!

I'm wondering if Dr. N isn't used to parents who are "in the know" like heart parents tend to be, if that makes sense? So he just says "Went well" and thinks that is all you need to hear. Vs the crazy heart parents who want to know it ALL because it's our way of controlling things?

I'm just happy it all went well. i'm praying Elijah wakes up feeling better and has a quick recovery!

Peace and blessings!

Samantha said...

YAY! I am so happy Elijah is doing well..sorry about the crankiness...we have that here too :) Here is to NO COMPLICATIONS...you did not tell him about the bad boy in Dallas did you? Don't let it out, he may try to act up too :)

Much love!
Samantha

Ehlan said...

So glad it's gone well so far. Sounds like your doctor may be "on the spectrum" as I like to say (do you know what I mean?). Wise man, not so great social skills. :) Here's to a speedy recovery!

Unknown said...

I am so glad everything went smoothly with the Surgery, But I am sorry to hear about his Allergic reaction to the Morphine. Sounds like he is in alot of pain poor little man.
That is so good how he can express himself and let you know how he is feeling.

You are in our prayers always.
Thanks for keeping us updated I will cehck back often to see how ELijah is doing.

Cecilia said...

I am praying a complication-free and speedy recovery for little Elijah.

With all our love xoxo

mina said...

Prayers for no complications. One allergy is enough!

Amy, Mitch and Wilson said...

Yay! We're glad to hear things are going okay, aside from the morphine allergy. We've been thinking about you all day (I've been away from my computer and couldn't check in today.)

You're in our thoughts and prayers for a smooth night.

Amy, Mitch, and Wilson

Kathy said...

OH...I'm so happy that he's out and talking to you.
NOW...you and Dan will make it all better!!

That's good that you can hold him...little pumpkin!
We will continue to send prayers and awesome thoughts your way.

The Smith's said...

I was away from home all morning, so was thankful to read the updates that the surgery went well! Thank you Lord! We will pray for no complications and that Elijah experiences as little pain as possible.

Surgeons are definitely their own breed, aren't they?

Dina said...

Glad that the surgery went well. Gotta love those strange docs. Hope he continues to heal with no complications and that you are back home soon.

Dina