Positive notes: Wes was sitting up in our lap playing. He loves seeing the boys and Taylor. The swelling also went down enough for him to be able to open his eyes.
Wes will have a CT scan next Thursday. Dr. Bowman will then determine if he can be released from the hospital and have feeding tube removed.
Wes will go in tomorrow morning to have a PICC line placed. After tonight, this is welcomed addition to his web of wires. The antibiotic and pain meds are rough on his little veins. This also saves him the repeated sticks for blood draws. He did come out of surgery with an arterial line, which saved him many sticks, but could not come to constant care with this line.
Tonight he blew an IV line and was in miserable pain. His little leg had swollen terribly. Of course this happened or was realized as the nurse was holding his pain medication. Instead of relief, he spent two hours screaming in pain, kicking heating packs away and anyone else who dared near him, and then he received a BIG ouchie for a new IV.
Hoping for a little more sleep tonight, this may be the case out of shear exhaustion from his experience this afternoon. Last night he wanted to be held all night. He would stick his little hand out of the crib wanting to hold my hand. Of course that was not enough and at 2am and no rest for either of us, we cuddled up in the chair. “Slept” sitting straight up!!! Nurse has me prepared tonight with a “comfortable” reclining type “chair”. Who makes this hospital furniture????