Recovery Day 2 - Ready to Move On

I'm watching the Astros here, just like my Paw Paw, while resting my eyes.

Blake had a good, uneventful night.  He rested comfortably, and ate well.  Today he had his arterial IV (the one going into his leg) removed, the IV going into his neck removed, and he has been taken off of all meds for his heart. They are also starting to reduce his oxygen slowly.  

During rounds this morning, one of the interns actually asked, "This kid looks so good, why is he still in ICU?"  The answer to that is because he still has an IV going directly into his heart, and they are waiting until Monday to remove it because they want the surgical team in house in the very rare event that anything went wrong removing that line.  That line is also the only thing preventing us from picking up our Monkey.

He hasn't been eating all that well today, so we're a little concerned about that, but the nurse seems to think it's just because he's still heavily sedated for the pain in his chest.  All in all, he's really doing remarkably well.  

After he gets the central IV and chest tubes removed tomorrow, we should move down to the recovery floor.