March 9-Sunday

Today was a better day. They seem to have a good hold on the meds. No more reactions. He rested more today (45 minutes at a time). He is still having pretty bad pain spells and wants us to rub his incision. After someone who just had a c-sec I'm amazed at that one!!! Probably more a pyschological thing for him. By the way, he has lost his belly button (those of you who are familiar with Veggie Tales know Caed will have a new song....ha!) His incision is probably about 5 inches vertical on his abd. We also had a GREAT celebration b/c he pooped twice!!!!! Praise God!! The drs. were so excited to see that. His bowels are slowly waking up. His surgeon came in and said that she wants to replace the port in his groin with a broviac catheter. That will require another surgery (scheduled for 7:30 Mon. morn). It will be in his chest. She said b/c he's going to be on antibiotics for quite awhile this is the better option. The port he has now has a large chance of getting infected. He also had a big day walking: he went from his bed to the hallway!! He hated every minute of it, but we encouraged him all the way. They were going to try to get him to do it one more time before bed. Also, the biggest milestone for me was HE SMILED for the first time in 8 days. I told him our church in Celina sent a big box in the mail and it was filled with cards, candy, snacks, and TOYS!!!! The smile was short, but oh so sweet!!!!! My dad and Todd have been taking the night shift with him, and my mom and I have been staying the days. Hopefully this system will work better and we can get a little more rest. Thanks again for your prayers!!!!