Recovery Day 2.

Today was a much quieter day. Almost no complications.

We started the day at 430am. Went back to bed half an hour later at the request of my night nurse. Apparently I looked as tired as I felt. {which must have been scary!} Woke up again and our residents were doing rounds. The plastic team came in to remove Sawyers bandages and drain {for blood from the incision.} He was really good during it. I think the morphine helped, but he didnt even cry when they pulled that deceivingly long drain tube out.  He is a fighter and is definitely trying to prove that to the nursing staff!

His fever is almost gone, but is still to be expected after a surgery such as this, and on a little baby. They have covered his hand and arms with socks to help save his face from being rubbed off. Morphine can make your face very itchy and he is already so swollen I am sure its just adding to the confusions. If one day I woke up to find I could no longer open my eyes and see, I would be behaving much worse than Sawyer! He was fantastic all day, and at the very end of our day his results came back with low blood sugar. But he started eating a little bit so we got it back up about an hour later.

Lots of visitors today. Grandma this morning, Play date Mommies to hold over lunch time so Sawyer didn’t have to be alone. Daddy took the whole afternoon and we rounded it out with Auntie Jess again. Who brought by far the best presents for Sawyer. Both cousins Tate and Beckett made Sawyer get well soon cards! They are just absolutely precious. And I cant wait to add them to his memory box! I love Beck’s dinosaur ;D and Tate’s version of Sawyer in a bed, bandage and all! Could they be any cuter! Then Mommy took a big step and left the hospital to take a shower at a friends house who lives super close to the hospital.

And now Mommy has to go to sleep because I am pretty sure dreaming about falling asleep while driving the car is a bad sign of exhaustion. Sawyer just got another dose of morphine so hopefully he’s ok with his new night nurse. And I just fell asleep between sentences, so time to sleep!

{Mini update since I am plugging in the pictures for this post from last night} We had a new night nurse last night and she was so good, she managed to let mommy sleep through the night. I forgot this is what rested feels like. I slept from 11:30-8! Only waking up once at 6 am. It was an amazing surprise. Now grandma is here and we are going to go get some breakfast. Everyone says Sawyer is doing fantastic and we will probably be going home tomorrow. {but mommy secretly wishes they will hold us till Monday. Just seems to early to be going home.}