Waiting..

First and foremost, Elijah is doing SUPER. All of his stats are strong and steady. His oxygen sats are in the high 90s, his blood pressure has been great, his heart rate is good and steady and his temp has stayed low!

Last night, our night nurse was pushing to get Elijah extubated today. I didn't feel comfortable with it and got a little bit upset. After Elijah's last surgery, he was extubated and had to be re-intubated and it wasn't a fun thing for any of us. I have been feeling like we should be on the safe side and wait one more day (not that I'm a doctor, but that's my gut mommy feeling). So we were all eager to hear what Dr. Moga said this morning.

He just stopped by and said he thought we should hold off one more day. Yay! I knew it! We'll let Elijah pee a little bit more (he's still holding onto to a little excess fluid) and rest up for one more day. Today we'll be trying to keep him sedated with Versed and Morphine so he doesn't yank his tubes out. It should be another fun day of wiggle management.

Dr. Moga's words were: We have had very good results from a very difficult problem and we want to keep doing things in the proper order. Of course, he said things much more eloquently, but that was the gist.

Last night they ran out of sleep rooms here in the hospital so Dan and I slept on gurneys in a room off of the Emergency Department. Not the best sleeping arrangements, but at least we were still just down the hall from our chunky monkey.

Thanks for the continued prayers. Extubation will be a huge thing, so say some specific prayers for that to be successful and timed perfectly!

p.s. I apologize for not getting back to everyone who has emailed or called. We are not allowed to have our cell phones turned on here in the ICU, so we don't even get the messages till we go to sleep at 9-10p. We do have a bedside phone number to call, if you'd like to get a hold of us. It is 612-874-4929.