All his numbers look great today!
Today was a pretty darn good day. Yesterday and throughout the night, Crew's chest tubes stopped draining as much fluid. The doctors came in first thing this morning and decided to put the chest tubes to water seal. Basically, they just turn the suction off, which makes them stop working. They are still in place, just in case he should need them. But if he is stable throughout the night, they plan to pull the chest tubes out in the morning. This is a good step in the right direction. Now, just because they pull them, it doesn't mean that the fluid won't re-accumulate and he'll have to have new tubes placed. We will be crossing our fingers that the fluid doesn't return or build up.
Crew's weight this morning was 4 pounds 9 ounces and with the soaked diapers he's had today, I'm guessing he'll lose a few more ounces tonight. He's starting to look skinny and the suture lines in his head are overlapping . . . completely normal. Once again, all of this weight loss is still welcomed. He was very expressive today. He's moving around a lot more and smiled several times. His Morphine drip was even weaned down a bit more. It's so nice to see him wake up, and his smile was an added bonus today . . . we all needed that!
Crew sends you all his Love!
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