Tuesday night

Hello. Brody has done very well for the remainder of today. Going into the night, he is stable and resting. He is still mildly sedated with the same medication he has been getting for pain all along. He has a bit of edema, or swelling, from fluid retention. Otherwise, he looks great. He has really good color and his vitals are excellent. The doctors are really impressed with how well he progressed today. Mom and Dad are running on very little sleep, so we will get some rest tonight knowing that our little boy is safe. Good night, all, and we'll post more as things develop. Love, Russ, Jen, and Brody



The IV Tree - he had two of these at one point in the night. Eleven pumps all together.
Now, he is down to just three pumps which contain his pain med and nutrition.



The incision is on the left side of his back, just above that white dressing. It is covered in steri-strips. The chest tube is in the incision, but it is secured by his side. It is the big white tube and it looks like it is coming from his diaper. The rest of the tubing is what he has had all along; his ventilator tube coming out of his mouth, his blood pressure cuff on his right foot, the PICC line coming out of his left leg, the monitor leads on his back and chest. The IV lines on his head (two of them) and left arm are not being used, but they were previously. They will leave the IV lines in until they no longer flush; they don't waste an IV line in case they need it again.