Caden is stable and we are all about to be sleeping. Caden’s night shift team is very impressive and super sensitive to our requests to be notified immediately if there is any chance that Caden will be allowed to wake up before morning shift change. Caden is in an isolation room that will allow for privacy for us to bunk in with Caden tomorrow night.
Caden’s condition is good. Caden tried to wake up a few times causing the nurses to give a little more medication than they were expecting to keep him sedated. It got a little busy and tense around Caden’s bedside for a while this evening during these attempts to wake up. Sherry ask his nurse if the attempts to wake up concerned her and her response was, “he has not done anything to make me pee my pants”. Basically they want to keep blood pressures on the lower side to allow the incisions to heal and seal completely before allowing full (normal) blood pressure through his arteries. That means that waking up and getting excited is not a good thing just yet.
We expect Caden to come off the respirator and be allowed to wake up some in the morning. We will post as things progress.