William had a good day yesterday despite having contracted MRSA. His vitals stayed consistent and we were able dial dial back on some of his support
He even got off of the insulin for a little bit overnight, although he's back on it for now (as long as he's on the steroid and receiving antibiotics, he'll need a little extra help with the insulin).
We'll see what today will bring... hopefully we'll be able to reduce his blood pressure medicine a little more, reduce the oxygen a little more.
A few developments that we're hoping will get sorted out/that happened today
His line through which he receives blood transfusions seems to have gotten clogged, so they had to take that out last night. They managed to replace it. Hurray! Now he can get his blood transfusion.
There seemed to be an issue with his Penrose/straw air drain in his abdomen. The surgeon stopped by, did something and made it better. No second surgery needed yet, let's pray it stays that way! There had been more air that collected, and he did better after it came out.
With all of the Cubs excitement going on (we were driving through it on Saturday night, slightly scary!) we see "Fly the W" everywhere and people all over have W flags. I like to imagine that the W actually stands for "William" and that everyone is excited for him, and rooting for him! 😁
William has been opening his eyes more and more every day. One of the nurses took a great picture, and we've seen his eyes open more. It's a little creepy, because we don't see much of the whites of his eyes. At this point, he can only really tell light from dark, and everything will look like a blur to him.
William likes to lay on his right side better and he gets better stats when he does! Not quite sure why, but we try to give him a little more right side time than left side time.
