I'm in trouble. It's Monday, 5/30, and I didn't post anything yesterday. The events run together so fast, it's hard to remember all the details just 24 hours later. I'll remember what I can!
The day started (as usual) with a chest x-ray followed by participating in the doctors' rounds. We really appreciate that we get to participate in this, I can't say it enough. It gets the parents up to speed with what the doctors and nurses are thinking, but it's also a chance for us to fill in any gaps in their knowledge, as well as ask questions and participate in the plan for the day. The gaps we usually fill are minor, just holes in their knowledge between what happened the previous night as compared to what they hoped/expected to happen. Last night, Mama had to sleep in the recliner next to Cannon because he couldn't sleep. He didn't have insomnia, the pain was just overwhelming. At the same time, we need Cannon to have some pain in order to tell us how things are going... to make sure he's actually improving. Pain meds mask the truth, so every now and then we have to remove the mask to let the truth be known.
In other news, one bonus today is Cannon got his left chest tube out. This provided no relief to him, except there is one less tube/container to manage when moving around... like standing to pee, or moving to the chair for a while.
Another minor concern has been his ability to poop. They've had him on a multitude of laxatives since this is very common when on pain meds. I left about mid-day to spend the day with the kids and family. When I came back, I was greeted with Mama asking Cannon to tell me what he'd accomplished. His reply was, "I dropped a bomb!". Enough said on that crappy topic.
Speaking of time with the kids, Tori and have been able to switch out a little bit. Tori got some time yesterday, I took some time this afternoon. We took a quick trip to Hermann Park and did some volleyball and frisbee. Then it was back to the hotel for some pool time. Then I had to run to Randall's to get Mama some DDP for the hospital, and back to the hospital grind. It's amazing how fast time goes... we spend a lot of time walking to get goodies for Cannon from McDonalds or the hotel, and time walking to/from the hotel to switch out visitors, and the rest of our time is tending to Cannon and being present for all the minor procedures.
Today's minor procedures includes removing the left chest tube and getting up to walk and drop bombs. There's also talk of taking out another chest tube tomorrow.
That's all I can remember for now, I'll come back later and post some pics, but I wanted to get an update out to let everyone know that Cannon's doing great! Thank you for everyone's messages and asking "Where the ____ is the blog update!" I'm happy so share with Cannon how many folks are supporting him.
Prayers for yall
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