It was an uneventful night. Praise God! His nurse said that he stayed asleep and was very peaceful. I hope he is learning something about sleep for when we go home! They stopped his sedation drip and his heart medicine drip (to help pump blood out so it doesn't stress his heart as it heals.) He woke up when I came in and he was not happy when we had to leave for shift change. But I think he was more just unhappy with me than in pain. The nurse said that often the babies sleep fine during the night and then when the parents come in they wake up and start complaining about being left during the night. The plan for the day is to remove the CPAP (breathing machine), take out the arterial line and the foley catheter, and shift from drip meds to IV meds. Randy and I were able to give him some oral heart meds and wash his face. It helps us to be able to feel like we are helping with SOMETHING of his care. He will not have dry lips on MY watch!
The huge problem coming is Ike. Wherever it hits will leave us on the wet side of the storm (east of where it hits, for those of you up north). We have evacuation plans for Travis and we are learning who is on the "ride out" team at the hospital. We know that we will get moved down to the 3rd floor if something happens and we heard that during Rita in 2005 the only hospital in the Medical Center that kept power was TCH, so yeah for us and clean toilets!
Please pray that the plan for the day goes well. We were able to get more sleep last night, but I had some crazy dreams and I woke up at 4:30 am. We will post more updates since we learned that we can use our computer in ICU.
3 comments:
Hey Nurse Mom you go with those moist lips!! I am glad they are starting to let you guys regain some care for him. We will pray for Ike to weaken and not cause too much trouble! Keep kissin' that sweet baby for me!
i am so glad he is doing better. I heard of his incident at the women's class and I was so worried for him. It is wonderful that the medical field has so much knowledge... but then again it all comes from God. He is the great Physician.
(((Danielle))) This must be the HARDEST part about being a mommy -- wanting to take it all on yourself and tell them "leave my cub alone!" So glad he is getting to a point where you can touch him and do a little more for him than you could before. Please know that your little man is being covered in prayer around the world right now... and I am praying for your "mother's heart" (and Randy too) as you keep vigil...
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