Day 1 Post op Glenn

UHHHHH.....that is the only way to put it.  Brody is recovering. We ended up being admitted last week, we went home for a day after his cath then ended up back in here because Brody was having a hard time.one day feels like a year in here. He is extubated...meaning off the ventilator (machine that breathes for you) and breathing on his own.  His throat is swollen from having been inutbated so when he breaths he breaths loud.....they are giving steroids to decrease the swelling in his throat so he will be able to move air easier.  He has chest tubes draining the fluid from around his heart.  He has lines in both sides of his neck...oxygen and a mask on his face  IV's in his wrist...pacing wires on both sides of his chest and he still looks beautiful!  Small steps now for bigger steps later. He is a feisty little guy....nurses are weening him off his sedation medication to help him wake up and want to breath, it is a fine balance between keeping him comfortable but not too comfortable because then he is so lazy he doesn't breath to well on his own. But when he does wake up he is MAD, kicking and screaming, guess that is why they call them heart warriors! His new circulation did make him much pinker...but it also make him swollen...His body has to adjust to the new circulation. Now that his superior vena cava is connected to his pulmonary artery he is getting a large amount of circulation to his upper body and upper extremities.  Time time time....once he adjusts the swelling will go down.  Amazing what he has gone through...he is such a trooper!! He amazes us every second! Please continue to say prayers for our little heart warrior!  God is good and has this amazing little guy in his hands:-)