Recovery Day 1 - AM Update

Blake has been pretty calm and rested all night and this morning. He is still having his short, little fits, but now that we can give him ice and the tiniest bit of clear liquids that seems to calm him down more quickly. He has a slight fever, but nothing unexpected post-op it is very controlled with Tylenol. His biggest requests this morning have been for orange jello and a peach.

His drainage from the chest tubes still looks good as well. Dr Fraser came by this morning and said if we can stay stringent on the fluid restriction then he sees him moving along very quickly.

We just saw all of the cardiologists in rounds and they are going to wean him off the sedative that is keeping him in a fog, so hopefully he will start to be more alert and therefore his healing will be more productive. If he can stay awake more, we can get him some orange jello.

Other than that, today is about resting and controlling his pain. He will keep the chest tubes today and they expect he will move out of ICU and onto the recovery floor tomorrow.

Thank you all for your love and support. We will post another update tonight.