Recovery - Day 5

It is so good to have Blake's old personality back. He's a silly monkey and everyday he is getting so much stronger.

All of his tests are looking good and the drainage from his chest tubes continues to decrease. He is getting out of bed to go potty and we are taking lots of walks around floor 15 which all help his fluids to be equal (or even) out and in. He hates the fluid restriction, but I think he's slowly getting used to it. His oxygen saturations remain constant at 93-95.

He is not getting any more medication via IV and only getting pain meds when he requests them (which is very infrequently).

They expect to take one or both chest tubes out tomorrow if we keep trending the same, then they will observe him for 24 hours, get an echocardiogram, and then we could be released. We are trying not to get our hopes up, but think that getting out of here Friday could be a real possibility.

Last night Blake insisted that he needed to tell his sweet little friend Elle goodnight and he loved her, so he recorded a video and sent it to her. She sent kisses back via video and he made us watch the video 100 times (almost as many times as we have watched Toy Story 1-3)!

Today Mason came up and played again which is always brings a smile to all our faces, and Lindsey from Child Life at TCH set up a Toy Story-themed scavenger hunt for Blake which thrilled him to pieces!

On his scavenger hunt

His prize for a successful hunt!

So now, we just wait. Thanks for your continued prayer and good wishes, we have no doubt that is why Blake is doing so well.