4 Days Post Op

Luke had his last IV line pulled today.  His chest X-ray showed less fluids.  He walked around a lot.  He had a bowel movement after 5 days of nothing.  That has helped his stomach to hurt less.  He hasn't had anything for pain since  early in the morning.  He hates the taste of the medicine so I think he is just baring the pain to avoid the medicine.  But he hardly complains. My poor, tough boy.

He is still on 3/4 liter of oxygen.  We will probably go home with oxygen.  He had an Echocardiogram which showed continued elevated pressures in the atrium and pulmonary arteries.  They are hopeful that the lower elevations of Boise will help with that.  If not the cardiologist in Boise will prescribe Syldinafil (Viagra) again.   That was a pain to give because it was three times a day and tastes awful.  

We have been told we will go home tomorrow as long as the X-ray is clean.  I hope it's true.