The Burlingames

As I’m sure many of you noticed, VistaPages (our webhost) was down for quite awhile today. But, we’re back.

Eli is doing well. They pulled back the sedation a bit (to increase his blood pressure), but it’s still strong enough that he’s not in pain. It was nice because he was moving and responding to touch. He even opened his eyes for a little while.

We were able to rub some gooey lotion on him because he’s pretty dry and crusty (he still hasn’t had a bath). Overall, he’s looking pretty good, especially when you consider that he had his heart cut up yesterday and his chest still isn’t closed. They covered his chest with gauze and a big sticky dressing that looks like saran wrap. He’s left open for a couple reasons. If anything goes wrong, they have quick access to his heart. It’s also less stressful on his heart since any swelling has a place to go and doesn’t compress it. If all goes to plan, he’ll be closed up either tomorrow or Monday.

We’re at home tonight, getting some much-needed downtime. We plan on watching a movie and going to bed early. Thank you for all your prayers as Eli is doing very well (and so are we, by the grace of God).

We visited Eli and ate some dinner. He looks as good as a kid who just had his chest cut open can. He’s stable and sedated. Since he is just going to lay there and we can’t touch him just yet, we’re going to head to our temporary home (thank you, Ziels) for the night and get some sleep. Thank you all for your prayers.

The surgeon came and told us Eli’s doing well. He’s back down in the PICU and we’ll probably be able to go see him in about a half-hour. Praise God for a smooth procedure.

The doc told us Eli is doing really well. They took him off the heart-lung bypass and he’s getting along well. They’re in kind of a waiting period, trying to see how he reacts to being back to his own. The doc was very encouraged by what he’s seen thus far. So, now we just wait to hopefully see him soon. Thank you for all your prayers.

They’ve started the procedure and Eli’s doing well. That’s about all they said. Hopefully the updates stay simple, since that means he’s doing well.