Post-Op Day 2

Landon has had a great today! He had a lot of things removed, so he seems a bit more comfortable. He also has been awake and looking at us a lot today. This morning he had two of his chest tubes removed, the pacemaker wires were removed, his catheter was removed and one of his IV lines was removed. So he is left with one chest tube, one IV line, and the oxygen in his nose. His oxygen was changed to a lower rate and we were hoping to get rid of that today also, but the docs didn't okay it. I'm sure tomorrow it will be removed. His blood pressures had been pretty high today, so they started him on captopril to help with that, and his pressures have dropped nicely.

We are told by the doctors that he is ahead of schedule for his recovery. He began eating today, through his G-tube. He has tolerated that very well! He was very hungry all morning, so we were very happy to let him "eat." I was able to hold him today, on a pillow, and so was my mom. It was pretty painful for him to be moved. His cry is very hoarse and pretty quiet. He is having a swallow study done tomorrow so we can find out if he can try to eat orally. He still receives Tylenol for pain and morphine as needed. His mouth gets really dry, so we wet it with a small sponge and some sterile water.

We were told by our main surgeon today that he may be able to go home this weekend. So, both surgeons have said that. We are a little nervous about that and don't want to rush things.

Grammy and Papa Bausman and our friends Holly and Tyler visited today. Holly took some pictures while she was here.