He was not so excited when the group left and Melissa went home as well. Melissa had to work this weekend so she went home and dad took over hanging out with Owen. He actually did pretty well and went to sleep shortly after they left.
He had a tough stretch from about 10:30 pm - 1:00am. He was in some pain and when that happens his breathing starts getting heavy and the staff gets nervous. The challenge is that each shift brings a new group of people who have not seen Owen and have to go through the motions to get familiar with him. So this involves a wake up about every 20 minutes for a check, poke or prod. Owen was not too happy which made the breathing worse which in turn makes the staff even more nervous. The staff here is great so I do not want to make this sound like I am questioning anyone here. It just seems a good night sleep would do him a lot of good. After about 1:00am things settled down for Owen (dad is still so sleepy!).
This morning we received multiple phone calls from Melissa wanting updates and details. All is good and still hoping to come home Monday (could turn into Tuesday if surgery team does not get down here to remove the chest tube and start the swallow).
Owen and I went for a walk in the wagon today and he loved that. Went went outside for a while and got some fresh air. Hopefully today will remain un-eventful and Owen can just focus on getting better.
I am hoping and praying that you get to go home on Monday! Owen will do so much better once he is home and isn't constantly being poked and having every vital sign checked! I hope you get some sleep tonight too! Erik is feeling your pain! Piper has been a handful at night! I think Owen gets cuter and cuter each time I see him!! We are thinking and praying for your sweet little Owen!!!
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