Day 1 of Fishers Recovery

Last night fisher woke up about every hour, which was to be expected. Bleu slept in his room, and down the hall is a Ronald McDonald wing, with 5 small sleeping rooms, a kitchenette, TV, for families. I slept there and have a new appreciation for Ronald McDonald houses!!! I knew about them, and remember one being built by the hospital where I grew up...but now as we needed one ourselves, I can tell you it is such a great organization!! There is full house down the street, too, for families with kids in CHOC. It means the world to families with kids here!!!!

When we got back in from our food break, the nurse said that Fisher just woke up and stood up in his crib with all the bells and whistles hanging off of him. He started freaking out since we were not there....that made us feel so awful!!! It was random he woke up so soon and got all upset over us not around. We felt so bad! So we will not be leaving him again for sure!!!! Now when the shift changed, I warned them that he's a stander, and they said..up we know! It is in their notations to watch out for the wild child.

Fisher is recovering really well!!! They switched over to mostly tylonal with codeine last night but got more morphine this am at 5. We are getting him off that today.

Today his eyes are swollen shut and his bruising is starting. Tomorrow it will be at its worst with tight shiney skin. He is pretty tired from the codein side effects.

He did wake up at 11 am and lay in bed kicking is feet a little but held my hand and talked his baby talk to me, so it was nice at that moment to see his personality shine through.

Dr Sundine came in at noon and said he looks as he should, and I can hold him. He will get his drain tubes out on day 4 and go home day 5.

He said the pain will be bearable and he will have tylonal for it. It is not as painful as a stomach operation because with that you have movement involved which adds to pain. The only movement with his head is his eyebrows. So that is good news.

So he had his first bottle of pedialyte and is doing good, sleeping still a lot.

I will add blogs entries each day once now, unless anything else comes up. Email is still best way to contact me. Alison @bleucotton.com.

Once again, thank you, thank you, thank you for being on this journey with us!!! Thank you for your prayers!!

Love Ali, Bleu & Fisher, too!