...day 3, 5:45 PM

Today Fisher's swelling is starting to go down.  It is nice to see
the end of the road of recovery ahead.  He looked like a pumpkin head, and every hour yesterday you could see the swelling grow and grow.

Last night was the first night in the regular childrens ward.  We
had a roommate move in, and fortunately she moved to a different
room since the roommate match was not good....So we had the room
to ourselves which was nice, allowing Fisher to sleep better.
He woke up every 2 hours and we even got to sleep in and be low
key until about 9 am.

Today Dr Muhonan said he may be able to leave tomorrow if he can
open his eyes.  Dr Sundine took out his 2 drain tubes in his head....Ouch! He just pulled them out in about 20 seconds. 
So now he only has his IV for his antibiotics and his pulse monitor
on his big toe.
He now just has an added band around his head holding the gauze over
the exit holes of the tubes by his ear.  My little Sumo Wrestler.

Today was a day we saw his body look better instead of looking
worse...it is a nice feeling.  He is now eating a little bit of
solids and milk.  We took off his "no no" arm bands that were on
to prevent him from pulling at tubes.  His eyes are itching, so we try to keep his hands away, and use a long Qtip to softly run over his lid and below his eye to relieve the itching.

Bleu is staying with him tonight.   Hopefully he will get more sleep
than the last nights.  

Our new roommate who arrived today has been
a better match for us, but I am a huge huge believer in raising money
for hospitals to build new wings with single rooms...the high noise
level and constant activity to a patient when there is a roommate cannot
be beneficial to a healing child....  Don't get me started....

We will update again tomorrow....

NEWS FLASH......  As I am writing this by his crib, Bleu went to the other
side of the crib and we changed his diaper... And his left eye opened to
see us... His swelling has gone down so we can see his eye.  I started to
video tape and he reached out to the camera as he always does to grab it.
Now a few minutes later, as I write,  he has stuck his toe in his mouth,
played with Bleu's phone, and talked babble at us.  I now see both his
little eyes peeking out of the little slits....what a amazing experience...he
is a different baby!!!

What a night!  Our love,  Ali, Bleu and fisher, too!!!