Post Op day #3

Ok!! Brody was moved to a private room in ICU... They took out the pacing wires that were in his heart that stuck out thru his belly!! So that's good.... Means they are comfortable with his heart enough to remove the wires.... He still has a lot of drainage comming from his chest/cardiac tube so that will stay in until the output slows..... We stopped all oral intake overnight to let his belly rest.... He finally pooped..... Which is huge .... Had to help with enemas and such but getting his belly working will make a huge difference! He even drank a bottle and has not vomited.... Again big deal!! His echo yesterday which shows function of heart and. All that jazz... Was ok.. His function went down which isn't good... But expected. Fixing the valve changed the volume his heart was use to so time will help. His regurgitation ( leaking in the valve) was severe before surgery... Now it's mild which is wonderful!!! His surgeon actually made two leaflets out of 3 ( tricuspid leaflets) normal valves have 3... Brody had 3 but one was severely malformed... So his surgeon used the tissue from the malformed valve to make two leafs... Today he's going to get blood.... And hopefully walk... Another echo... Chest X-ray and belly X-ray!! Thank you to all who have been praying for our boy.. Power of prayer is working!!! We believe it's all in gods hands! God is good! Hug the ones you love tomorrow is never promised!! Today will be a good day!!!!!