By Sunday Eli is back to a fairly normal routine. He is able to go on regular oxygen through the nasal cannula and he appears to be back to breathing on his own. Having the breathing tube down his throat has caused some issues though. His throat is scratchy and his vocal cords are swollen. These are normal side effects of the breathing tube and they will go away in a few days.
Eli is now on a little Tylenol for pain management. I think they had been giving him a low dose of morphine the last couple days which would probably explain why he wasn't waking up completely. Today he seems more like his normal self. When I got to the hospital this morning he was awake and he smiled at me when he heard my voice. Now that the stress and uncertainty of the past couple days is behind us we're glad we went forward with the surgery. We're still a little peeved that they couldn't get the circumcision done at the same time but you learn to deal with crap like that when you're dealing with the hospital.
Eli's CO2 level today is back up to 56 but he usually holds stead between 50 and 60 so we're not too worried about it. The rest of my day goes really well. I got a chance to sit and cuddle with Eli all day and by the evening I really felt like we were moving in the right direction.
Prior to the surgery we had talked about moving Eli down to the floor today but with the complications after surgery they decided to keep him in the NICU for another night. The plan is to move Eli down to the floor tomorrow. I'm not going to hold my breath but we're hopeful that we'll start the journey toward home soon.
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