James was up every hour last night, falling back to sleep fast each time.
Then at about 4 am, he woke and asked for water and his iPad. He drank a little, and held his iPad, then fell asleep watching a lullaby video.
By this morning, they had weaned him off almost all his meds, and reduced his CPAP oxygen to normal air, with just a little nitric to keep his lungs open; they're weaning him off the nitric today, and when they're done they'll start weaning him off oxygen and forced air to take his CPAP off, though that could be a few days.
And then, one by one, the other tubes, wires, and IVs started coming out. His main chest drainage tube came first, followed immediately by his cardiac pacing leads, and then his Foley catheter. He's got a low regimen of meds for pain, but he was sedated so long that his body is still, overall, fairly numb, and he is still really out of it, so he's only had a few low doses of morphine, and otherwise has been taking tylenol and ibuprofen.
Anyway, James has a long way to go, but he is a trooper and is doing an awesome job with recovery.
Thank you all for your happy thoughts and support as our family goes through this. We couldn't do this without each and every one of you.
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