Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Surgery Day - 1645

We have come back to the CVICU to see Jacob.  My impressions/observations:

  • For the first time ever he is pink, like a normal kid.  No more blue fingers, toes, lips, etc...
  • Also first ever, his hands and feet have a normal temperature.
  • He has 20 "items" on him or in him.  Some will start to come out/off tonight but I'll keep a running count for you, cause that's what I do.
  • There are 12 sources of liquids permanently "plumbed" to his body through a couple manifolds (it's interesting how much of what they are doing for him right now crosses over with my profession as a pipeline engineer).  He has another 3+ ports for temporary injections.
  • He vitals and stats are excellent and he the perfect little patient.
People have said to us that it must be hard to endure this and see your baby in such a state.  In a way, yes.  But really, where else would I want to be?  I'm sitting by my child's side, the child that I hand-picked to be my son, witnessing him taste fully functioning life for the first time ever.  It's not hard to endure, it's miraculous and I have a front row seat.

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