Wednesday, 4/13

An early update today. There is a wonderful family resource center here so I have access to a computer pretty easily.

Dinky is doing pretty well. He has still had some blood pressure issues and they have given him some more medication for that. He has been "brady"ing a LOT but we think it's because his tube is so low. It taps on his carina (the area at the end of the trachea) which triggers the bradycardia. He also has some swelling issues in his head again so we'll have to see how that goes. The good news is his blood gases have been better than ever so they have been able to wean his ventilator settings a little bit. All in all he's doing well after a pretty major surgery!

This will probably be my only update today. I am pooped! Martin and I will head home pretty soon. I'm nervous as this will be the first night I've spent so far away from him (we're about an hour and fifteen minutes away). It feels like the first day I left him at the hospital!