Last night Jesse received his "bath" and got weighed before going to bed. The nurse told me he is not sleeping at night, just laying in bed playing. I know this is true because I have slept most of the night without hearing him. Waking at 5 am when they took a chest X-ray. They could not see any air in his chest tube so they were able to take it out around 7 am. I was told by the nurse that he would receive morphine to help with the pain when they removed the tube. But the PA who did the procedure did not want to use it saying that they turned off the suction yesterday and that the removal was only uncomfortable but not painful. I am glad he did not receive the narcotic but I hope he was ok. He did cry for a few seconds and it was over....
He is free...Only the EKG wires(which are taped) and oxygen saturation band wrapped around his toe are left. The IV's in his let arm and leg will not be taken out until right before we leave just in case. I asked why 2 of them and the nurse told me in case 1 fails they don't want to have to put one in again.
I was told we are ready to leave...once the cardiologist looks at the Discharge Echocardiogram (tomorrow) that he had today. The Echocardiogram is a test of the action of the heart using ultrasound waves to produce a visual display.
With tomorrow being Monday, there is a new on floor Dr. and Cardiologist. We have been talking to the same Dr. since we arrived on Thursday. We will see how long it takes for them to do rounds, catch up and hopefully sign us out. The nurse seems to think between 1 and 6 pm..
The boys left today with Claudia and Kim to go back home. I have to say that they have been wonderful. Such great Big Brothers!!
Nir and I spent the day entertaining Jesse. It is nice that he is not all hooked up and we can pick him up (carefully, not under the arms) and hold him.
Hopefully we are more comfortable and will get a good night sleep tonight. Who could blame him with a hose stuck in his chest? I don't think i would be able to sleep well either... A nice clean bed...
LOOK AT ME!! NO TUBES OR WIRES..... (well just for a few minutes)
EKG wires put back on for bedtime...
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