Caden is doing much better today. We got out first full blown smile out of him this morning since the surgery. Right now Riley and Caden are sitting up in the bed watching Veggie Tales. We think that we will be up here until Monday based on early estimates of when Caden will be discharged.
Caden was transferred to 7C this afternoon at about 2:30 PM. It took a little longer than we thought because they had to remove his chest drain tube and arterial line before leaving the ICU. By the way, Caden did not have a central line while in the ICU. It was an arterial line which is basically an IV but it is in an artery rather than in a vein. Either way, that is a pretty serious stick. I believe that Caden has finally seen his last dose of Morphine. They gave him a small dose to get him through the removal of the chest drain. That tube is about the same diameter of a pencil and was inserted into the chest during the surgery to allow for drainage until things start to heal a little.
Thanks again for all the emails and kind words.
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