When we got to the hospital toady they had moved William into a different room. He had the room all to himself which was nice. I was worried they moved him because they thought he would be there longer but it was just because the CICU wasn't as full and wanted him closer to the other patients.
William over the last couple days had finally started to show improvement but today the nurse was worried because William's heart rate dropped into the 70's and stayed there over the last 24 hours. This is just one example of how much of a roller coaster his recovery has been. We were getting so excited that he was finally healing and that we were that much closer to taking him home and then we were told that there was talk about a doing a heart cath because his drain was still not improving and that they might have to go back into the operating room at the end of the week depending on how he did. We also met with a doctor to talk about pace makers as his heart rate wasn't where it should be. If William didn't improve we would have to start the whole process of healing over at the end of the week. Not to mention the worry of the unknown of why he wasn't healing and getting better and going through another surgery. We were crushed!
Today was hard but it was also so fun to see William smiling and happy. Today was also the first day that we were finally able to hold him! It had been a long 11 days without being able to hold and snuggle my little boy. We were in heaven.
Funny story, the nurses asked me if I had changed my diet recently because William had terrible smelling gas. The nurse was so funny about it and kept getting William to smile so big and do little giggles. I can't remember the nurses name but we loved her too. Stef came to visit today too. :)
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