Friday, 5/10/13 @ 10:50 pm
We never had a chance to meet with the doctors after his surgery. There were a lot of new patients in STICU today. It is such a sad place to be. Samuel slowly woke up and is having a hard time with the pain. They have tripled his pain meds to try to get it under control. It is such a fine balance of managing the pain and yet keeping his heart rate and pressures up. ... I am guessing he will have a tough night. Please pray that he gets a good night sleep and that he is refreshed and ready to fight the battle tomorrow. They have told him that if he meets some milestones tomorrow that they may take him off the vent again. He really, really, really wants that. I don’t want to say too much about his surgery because according to the resident doctor in STICU tonight, they did something totally different than what they had prepared us for yesterday. I am really looking forward to meeting with the trauma team in the morning and getting some answers. He has a high fever tonight, which probably just has to do with the surgery and possibly the pneumonia. He is also complaining that his chest hurts, which he hasn’t ever mentioned before now. Lord, wrap your arms around Samuel and protect him through the night and until he makes a complete recovery.
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