Post-Fontan Day 7

*yawn*. Hello everyone. We had a rather long night last night. Thankfully, Atticus was asleep by about 9:30PM.  I however, didn't get to sleep until much later because we have a new neighbor, which I have dubbed "Screaming Mimi".  It was one of those nights where I actually envied and was thankful for Atticus' deafness.  Then, Atticus woke up at 2:30AM because they had come in to check his vitals, and wouldn't go back to sleep until 4:15AM.  Then the nurse came back in to wake him up at 5:45AM to give more meds and to weigh him. Thankfully he was so tired he went pretty much straight back to sleep.  Just a very tiring night. 

But on the good news front, Atticus had his last chest tube removed today!!  (Strike up the Hallelujah Chorus!).  We had another set of chest x-rays afterwards so the doctors can make sure there's no build up of fluids in or around his heart and lungs. Which means one step closer to disch@rge!!

After his x-ray, we went downstairs to the Atrium to play for about 30 mins before they closed for lunch. He painted a picture, and actually got out of the wagon today to run around. I could tell he's feeling much better today sans chest tubes.  We then headed back upstairs where we played in our room blowing bubbles, played with Play-Doh, and our cars.  

Next, we had our "disch@rge echocardiogram" to again, make sure everything looked good, that our function was good, and to check for fluid build up.   Atticus is definitely over being in the hospital. He was pretty good during the echo, but he was ticked off by the end of it. So much so that he took a nap and is still sleeping. 

In the meantime, the words "h*me" and "disch@rge" are being thrown around pretty frequently!!  We even had the ladies from the pharmacy bring our meds to take with us!  I'm trying not to get overly excited, but its an understatement to say I'm ready to sleep in my own bed again. Please continue to pray for Atticus' healing and that a trip h*me is in the near future!  I'll update once we know for sure!!  Keep on prayin'!

Silly Atticus!  That's not your bed!

Up, walking and playing!