Yay! James was extibated about an hour ago!! He is now on a nasal canula just to help him adjust to room air. He is doing well so far and resting now.
James has been on a fentanyl drip for pain and sedation since surgery. He is on a very low dose now and will be switched off of it later. He might go through withdrawal and have to get some medicine for that, but we shall see.
The dye study is planned for tomorrow. The surgeons will take out his chest tube and ng tube after the study. YAY! This means that after the study, James will be mobile. We'll be able to get out of bed and take him for walks and such. So exciting!
His feeds are being steadily increased so that he can get back to full feeds and off all of IV fluids by the weekend, hopefully.
Please just pray that everything goes as planned for the rest of today and tomorrow.
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good job little man! I hope things can get back to "normal" here soon! Thanks for keeping us posted!
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