Not much to report tonight. It was wonderful to see Caleb today and so thankful that surgery #1 is behind us. He is doing about the same - still on a ventilator, even though it is not doing too much work for him. Still sedated, but not completely as we did see his eyes open a couple times today. It was sure nice to see those eyes! His blood pressure is still on the low side, but hopefully once some of the swelling goes down, it will start to improve. The nurses reassure me that he is as they would expect 24-hours after surgery. His oxygen level is actually staying in the upper 80s to low 90s, so that is certainly nice to see after the ups and downs he has had with oxygen. Not sure how much of that is the ventilator working for him, but the nurse did say today that the ventilator was not providing him with any extra oxygen, just doing some breathing for him as he heals from the surgery. The incision down his chest was something that shocked me when I saw it today. We were told it would be about an inch to two inches long...HA! It runs practically all the way down to his belly button. Just another reason for his daddy to call him "Iron Man"!!
Thank you so much for your prayers. Keep them coming - Caleb is doing good and we are certainly hoping he continues down this path as they start to take away some of this supportive equipment he has been on and start to introduce food back to his system.
Joanna
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