Actually a few!
He's needed very little paralytic, mostly just when we needed to do a CT. That was pretty much a preemptive strike because he's been so precarious and we were needing to move him around and lay him flat. He's not getting his extra sedatives that he's needed, and he's starting to wake up a little.
Now the challenge is to keep him from pulling out all of his lines, rather than keeping his vitals stable. That he seems to be doing pretty well on his own.
He's been on the big antibiotics now for almost 48 hours, and it's made a huge difference! No more fevers, moving (a little bit) on his own without affecting his ability to maintain his blood pressures and saturations, and a few smiles.
Like I said yesterday, we're still a ways from being able to come home. He's down on his oxygen so we've started weaning his iNO, but that 's going to take time as well. We also have to wean his blood pressure meds and all the sedatives and get him back on his full feedings.
But progress...
Smiles...
So grateful.
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