Since Eli’s not eating yet, all of Megan’s milk has been going in the freezer. There’s a bin full of it at the hospital, but we also have a lot of it at home. As you can see, our freezer was getting a bit chaotic.
Now that we’ve had a bit of time at home to do more than just eat and sleep, we organized the freezer. We added a shelf and a bin, but the bin is already full. Here’s how it looks now.
I’ve also added a bunch of pics to Eli’s album. Check them out.
We’re hanging out with Eli again today. They told us that Eli will likely have his chest closed up tomorrow. Megan’s been reading him some stories and he’s been opening his eyes a bit, especially when they move him from side to back to side (so he’s not always laying the same way). Praise God for a good report.
Now that we’re in the PICU at Children’s, we have a new hospital number for you. Eli has a phone by his bed for family use, and the number is 612.874.4912. As always, you can call our phones, or the Children’s main line to get in touch if we’re at the hospital.
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 Burlingames 