Another Day of Sedation....

Our day was spent at Connor's side today watching him battle for recovery. He had a difficult night with the sedation drugs that they gave him. Apparently, he received too much sedation becuase his heart rate and blood pressure dropped dramatically over night. They had to take him off the drugs for a few hours and then when he tried too hard to wake up and pull the breathing tube out they had to sedate him once again. They finally got it down to a science and he has been sleeping ever since. When the docs saw him today they asked for a blood draw because he was very pale. He was pretty low on his white and red counts so they gave him a blood transfusion to help him out. We haven't seen a dramatic difference in his color, but they said it might take some time. His scar is still overwhelming to behold on his tiny little body. I know you all are telling us that it is his badge of bravery, but how we wish that he didn't have to be so brave. I know that one day we will be able to tell him of his great journeys and how he exhibited great bravery, but for now we just want to shelter him from any more pain.

They did remove the drainage tube from his lower chest today. The amount of drainage he had was very minimal and they felt confident that he wouldn't have any additional accumulation from his lungs. We had hoped that the breathing tube would come out today, but when they listened to his lungs, they couldn't justify extibation. So, we will hope again for tomorrow to get that tube out of his mouth and throat.

Today we also had a quick visit with Laura (a friend of the family) who was here with her daughter for some testing. Sorry you couldn't come back and see our little bug because he was having his tube removed, but hopefully next time you can see him in person. We also had a fun visit with Auntie Jacqueline tonight. We can always count on lively conversation, humor and love when we are together. Thanks for the infusion of Joy my dear friend, it was sooooo good to see you!!!

We are off to bed now to get some rest for another day. We hope to see more family tomorrow to help us pass the minutes here in the ICU and shower little bug with lots of love and kisses.

Connor whispered into my heart earlier today that he had some things he wanted to talk about with all of his blogger friends. I told him I would be happy to transcribe his little bug thoughts on my next blog entry. He was adiment that I do it very soon because he didn't think he could remember his thoughts for very long (just like daddy..HA HA). He had to remind me that he's only a little bug who shouldn't be required to remember things for very long (Hey, that's like my daddy too!!! I must be an awful lot like my daddy!! HA HA). So, tomorrow we will hear what Connor has to say to us. How does that sound??? I'm sure you will all be anxious to hear from the heart of our brave little hero and our most famous little bug in the whole wide universe. So, until tomorrow......

Goodnight and Lovebug Hugs,
Lori & Randy