Holy bowel movements, Batman! About 5AM this morning, wham, bam, thank you ma'am, Colby had a nice big poopy for us. So you can mark take a dump off the "to do" list. Let's see, what else can we talk about besides poop? Let's talk about pee! Colby went 9 hours yesterday without peeing. So they did a 1-time dose of Lasix. I'm not a fan of it at all. Usually I fight it because Colby always holds fluids while in the hospital. But the 9-hour thing sort of scared me, so I agreed to it. Okay, enough of that talk.
Overall Colby is chugging right along, making great progress. I don't have my notes here in front of me, so let's see if I can remember and get correct what was discussed in this morning's rounds. Colby has been fever free for a while now. His blood cultures have come back negative so far, so more than likely the fevers were just post-surgery trauma. They have discontinued and unhooked his morphine pump. I think the meds for muscle spasms (valium and Robaxin) will end today or tomorrow. For pain management, Colby is on IV Motrin and will start oxycodone. The pain management team said oxy is better than morphine in that it lasts longer. I think Colby's pain is being managed well. Of course he's uncomfortable but I don't think he's suffering in pain at all. He has been sleeping pretty much all morning. Not sure if that's because he didn't get a ton of sleep through the night (too busy pooping) or if it's the meds.
First we were told we would be going to the TCC today. Okay, fine, I knew that was coming soon. Then I got word we were waiting because Pulmonary on the TCC didn't think Colby was ready. Then I got word the only thing we were waiting on was the PICU team to finish rounding to sign off on the transfer. So the word is I don't freakin' know. I'm just sitting tight waiting for further instructions. As far as I'm concerned, we can stay in the PICU all dang day. Colby has one of my favorite nurses. She has taken care of Colby for years and she's really, really good. Knows her stuff. At 4:40PM today (that's how the surgeon wrote it, not kidding) we can start getting Colby up. Just up in bed, not up in his wheelchair. That will probably happen tomorrow. We'll start out sitting him up 30 degrees, then we can increase that to 45.
My mom is on her way up. She came up the day of surgery, but my dad has been here with us since Tuesday and now they're trading off for a few days. I have the world's best parents! Hands down! I see it's raining outside so I hope Mom is almost here. She doesn't like driving in the rain. Or the dark. Or on on-ramps. Or off-ramps. Or the interstate. I'm sure Dad can't wait to get out of here for a while. You can only work so many crossword puzzles before you start going a little loco.
We had our first visitors last night. My brother, sister-in-law and niece came over for a few. They brought Colby a SpongeBob balloon and The Croods DVD. They brought me a Nora Roberts book and some chocolates, woo hoo! I think Colby's dad will be here tomorrow for a visit. Oh super goodie. I'm still spacing out those Oreo mint crèmes, but they are sooooo good. I really could eat the whole pack at once.
That's it for now. I better get upstairs and see how boy is doing. I sat outside and ate my lunch. No one else was out there. It wasn't raining yet, so the weather was cool/perfect and I had a small moment of peace of quiet. You don't get that very often when your kid is in the hospital. I savored every second of it. Back to the PICU, probably the TCC soon. Not really sure. But wherever we are, Colby is doing awesomely awesome. So stinking amazed but that boy every single day.
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