Lots of Progress!

Today was overall a very good day. Easton isn't on any continuous meds through his IV so all the poles but one are gone. They are up to 23 mls per hour on his feeds with the goal of 36. No retching so far. He had the line in his neck taken out, one in his arm, and one in his foot. He had his pacer wires removed, his RT line to his heart, and a chest tube. His nitric oxide was removed and he has done well, so no pulmonary hypertension. His high flow was also removed and is now just on oxygen. He was high SAT-ing so they lowered his oxygen to 1 liter. All great things. The only negative today is he seems very uncomfortable and in pain. Meds aren't working wonderfully, but he finally settled down. They let us hold him, but not for long because he wouldn't calm down even with being held. His eye lids are swollen, they are giving him benedryl. They are hoping to move us out of CICU tomorrow and to the recovery floor, which means closer to being home. They do think he is in pain and say it's going to take him a week or so to get used to the "Glenn headaches." It's hard to watch him so uncomfortable. Hoping for a more comfortable day tomorrow.

Having things removed: