Second Wednesday

Seven had a good night. He did have to be restrained because he was trying to grab the tubes. Fortunately he wasn't wild and crazy enough to have to be sedated. We really don't want any more drugs in him. We haven't seen his eyes very much and hope to soon. And then...Look at me! I'm awake! He spent a good part of the day with his eyes open. He had the appearance of being drugged and mad as heck. This is to be expected. At one point he was resting so well that he slept with his mouth open like he does at home. The sprinting was leaving him pretty well zonked. He still did a great job tolerating the sprints through the day. The plan is to do longer sprints by a few hours at a time until we get to a twelve hour sprint. If he tolerates the twelve hour sprint well, then we will let him rest overnight and try to extubate by Friday or Saturday. Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story stopped by for a visit. Seven slept through it, but at least we got proof. One day we'll have all these photos to show him of all the fun he had no idea he was having. Seven has a low calcium count that we can't account for. It's causing a few other electrolyte anomalies that we are able to temporarily correct. This doesn't affect his ability to leave the PICU. It just is something we need to try to figure out later.