Today was a good day. He is less swollen. He has remained asleep all day only opening his eyes a handful of times to look at us. He knows we are here. His numbers have looked good. They have started to ween him from oxygen, stopping at 60% for today. He was at 90%. They are also weening from nitric oxide. He is on this to help with the pressures in his heart. Once off this they will know if he can keep his pressures good, and if not then he probably has pulmonary hypertension and will need a medicine to help control it. We will know come morning. He had his nj feeing tube placed. They had an X-ray machine brought into room to check placement. After three tried they finally got it and turned their heads and Easron decided to yank it out. So back to trying again and another X-ray to check placement. Finally it worked and we got it taped down! We were also told we will always want to keep his head elevated. I guess the Glenn works by gravity. If he lays flat for too long he can get a headache and even have swelling. Trying to do that should be interesting.
Tomorrow is the big day. It all depends on him, but the goal is to take out pressure lines, possibly chest tubes. Take off nitric oxide. Continue to ween oxygen, which he will likely go home on some. Take catheter out. Increase feeds. Ween off some meds. We can hold him again too!!! Goal is to be to the third floor, out of CICU, on Sunday. When you move there, it means you're close to going home!
One thing about being in the CICU is you don't have to leave to get things done. Instead of going to Images to get his NJ placed, they did it in the CICU and then brought an xray in to check placement. On his xray you can see his pacer wires (if needed after surgery), arterial lines that check pressures in parts of his heart, his wires holding his chest closed, etc.
A good, quiet, uneventful day.
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