Post Op PICU Day 4

He had a really peaceful night. They've taken him off the pacemaker this morning. He is using a 2 on his oxygen (yesterday it was a 4). He is still on oral blood pressure meds and Lasix.  He was telling the nurse and I this morning that his tummy didn't feel well, but we didn't give it a lot of thought since he did so well yesterday. The next thing we knew all 3 of us were elbow deep in throw up. It took some time to get his tummy to settle down then he went on a mini walk (notice the barf bucket in his wheel chair). The doctors did their rounds and said he will be moving to a regular room today!  We are excited about the progress. 

Then we had a Diego moment…

Diego fell asleep in his chair. The attending physician stopped by while he was sleeping.  She said they were close to having Diego ready to move to the regular floor. The doctor turned around and left. The next thing I knew Diego had set up in his chair was standing up and said, I'm getting out of here.  Right there, Diego and I had a standoff.  I had to grab him and set him back down in the chair (he was still connected to a few wires). The nurse came around the corner and Diego started yelling with big tears rolling down his face, "Let me out of here!" Then, looked me straight in the face and said, "This is all your fault!"  Oh, good times!

Diego has made a loud enough statement around here which landed him in a private suite at the end of the floor. I'm not sure if it is because they feel sorry for Diego or feel sorry for whoever would have been his roommate. Diego made it clear that he wasn't interested in sleeping with any crying babies which is the majority of the patients on this floor.

They are glued to the TV

We also got to see Jay, his favorite nurse from last year. Jay was still wearing his Diego band and said he kept it on all year. He even wore it during the Boston marathon this past year. He said Diego was his inspiration. We love Jay!