Post-Fontan Day 1

Hi all!  Sorry I didn't post anything on here yesterday after we had gotten to see Atticus for the first time since surgery. I'm sure you could imagine that we were pretty exhausted.  Dr B was really happy with the way everything went during surgery. In fact, the only hiccup that they had was trying to insert a foley (for urine) in Atticus. It just didn't want to go in, and it caused him to bleed a little. So they opted to go with a collection bag instead.  Dr B added, "But everything in his chest went fine!"  Lol. If there had to be a problem during surgery, I'm just thankful it was something that simple. 

But I have good news to update you with today!  Atticus was extubated at around 4am this morning!!  Yay!!  He's currently on about 1liter of oxygen, and his oxygen saturation is hanging out in the low 90s.  He looks so pink!!

He's also already started to wake up occasionally, and even taken a little water and apple juice so far. He's also had a little nausea, so I'm hoping the next time he wakes up, we can try to get him to eat a little bit of food.  His blood pressure has been a little high, so please pray they can get it better under control. 

He seems to handling his pain pretty well so far. He's mostly sleeping still at this point, but he hasn't needed lots of pain meds so far during the time he's been awake. He keeps telling me he wants his shoes, so he can go home. Silly boy.  He's even managed a few high fives and fist bumps for his nurse Evan today.  My little warrior!

His chest tubes are putting out fluid a little bit better than yesterday, but still not a large volume.  But thankfully enough to keep the doctors from being too concerned. He's also peeing well, and its cleared up, so good news on that front as well.

Well, Atticus is starting to wake up a little more, so I'm going to get a movie going for him on the tablet.  Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we have a long road of healing ahead of us.