Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Might as well make a grocery list...
Bananas
Berries
Almond milk
Peas
Carrots
Baby cream...
The doctor wishes to be cautious and keep the tubes on Teo for another day so there will be no fewer today. So, we're settling in for a quiet day of sleeping, feeding, pooping and peeing. There is less watching of the monitor and it also beeps less often, rarely calling our attention. All the numbers are from Teo on his own which still awes us given that he could only produce those numbers with the aid of oxygen previously. His heart is fixed. We still need to adjust our thinking.
We are waiting on removing the tubes that monitor the "kile" that I wrote about yesterday (and its actually "chyle", I asked. And its a milky coloured, interstitial, lymph and emulsified fat fluid we all have in our lymph system. (Thanks again google). Either spelling, I'm glad we didn't name him "kyle" right now (which means 'strait of water' - who knew?!) But his nurse last night was Kylie, ironically). The good part is that he is leaking less blood and, actually, less fluid in general.
Overnight, Teo continued to readily drink his lowfat prescription and contently succumbed to the blood pressure monitoring and doses of medicine as well. He woke up cheerful and we found some toys for him to play with. He really seems to enjoy lifting his feet and his left arm - waving them about. He smiles at all the nurses who find him most charming. But we're having a hard time catching that smile for you to see - I tried, as you see in one picture. Also in another picture, you can see his rudolph toe - that's monitoring his oxygen levels; and the bulb of fluid draining - that's the chyle. Funny, it fails to affect my appetite...
Prunes or raisins
Instant coffee
Apples...
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