Drew was able to be taken off the ventilator, and they removed the surgical drain tube from his right side.

The spots on his knees are pressure sores from being on his stomach for the first few days before the surgery.


Now that he's not on so many pain meds, we get to see his pretty eyes sometimes!!













He still had the Art-line in his left arm, so I could not hold him. It's there so they don't have to poke him to draw labs, which they did mutiple times a day while he was on the ventilator.

He will have the suction tube in his mouth until his next surgery in 6-8 weeks. He doesn't like it and has figured out how to move his tongue to push it out. Sorry kid-o.

His feet are very bruised from being poked so many times.






My little boy likes his mommy.











Thursday, Jan 22

No more Art-line, so I got to hold him today!!!

He cuddled right up and was so comfortable. Then he'd try to get the tube out of his mouth, and would fuss a little. He settled down pretty easily, though. He also likes to have a pacifier.








The red marks on his cheeks are from the tape that held the ventilator.


He is so cute!!!







His sores on his knees are looking better, as well as his feet. You can still see that his toes are pretty purple.

Remaining tubes: Feeding tube in his tummy.
IV Feeding tube in his left leg.
IV in his right foot, for meds.
Suction tube in mouth.
The rest are just monitors.


We are so happy with the progress he's made.

Dad will get to hold Drew when he comes up tomorrow.