Recovery: Day 5 (Noon)

We weathered the storm with no major incidents. We heard that a window blew out on the 7th floor, but we were fine here. We didn't lose power either, and we had TV until a little while ago. It was a LONG night though. Everyone was in the hall so whenever one woke up, we ALL woke up. They left the lights on all night, so we draped sheets over the top of the crib to try to keep out some of the light. Justin still was on oxygen at this point, so they extend the tubing from the attachment on the wall in the room so it would stretch into the hall. It didn't give us much room to move though, so I slept in bed with Justin to try to feed him more. They stopped his saline drip at about 10 pm, so they really wanted him to eat. He had some good diapers during the night, but he didn't eat well the whole time we were out in the hall. They did a couple of blood draws during the night and a chest x-ray this morning. His BUN levels are high, so he needs to increase his fluids. The x-ray showed his lungs are open again, so no more thumper therapy.



The chest tube is still putting out a lot, so they will leave it in for today and see how today goes. They want it down to about 2 ccs/kilo of weight/24 hours, I think. They are weaning him off oxygen, so for now we are off. His numbers are still staying up, about 93-95 %. He typically does well for a while and then drops, so hopefully this time will be better. All he's getting for pain is basically Tylenol with codeine, and then he's getting a couple of diuretics. All is oral now (necessary to be released).



They did say we are still under lock down, until Monday most likely. We can't even go from floor to floor without a badge. (I need to be badged to and from the milk bank.) We are back in our room now, and Justin is finally able to sleep. Spirits are still high, and the rain is still coming. We can see some damage from our room, but nothing too serious. The construction site across the street lost the sidewalk tunnel and crews are out clearing it off the road already. We took some pictures of our hallway adventure, including the ones of me finally holding my boy!