2nd day post op- very puffy due to increased blood flow to the head

he grabs at his crabbie :)

today they had tried to get him off of his ventillator and extibate him, but he wasn;t ready. he was doing very well, the machine wanted him to take 18 breaths per minute on his own and he was taking on average about 26 breaths per minute- but then his oxygen saturations plummeted from the 70s down to the 50s and he turned blue! they had to do immediate suction and someone used a bag to pump by hand to help him breathe. really freaked us (and aunt susan who came to visit with her friend) out very much. so, they put him back to where the ventillator did most of the breathing for him. he is starting to try and wake up- which they need him to do in order to see if he can breathe on his own- but his sats drop and his blood pressure goes up so there is a LOT of fine tuning to be had with his meds and getting him extibated. i just really wish i could hold my little man and make it all better. but they are keeping him sleepy and comfortable for the time being. we hope he does well tonight as they begin to try to wean him off of the ventillation support and then they will next talk about eating, etc....