The anesthesiologist, Cathy, came to see Kai last night. By this time, his blood pressure had come up, but he was bleeding more than what he should have been, but they weren't worried yet. Just monitoring.
She asked me if we had watched the video yet. She said one of the "pictures" she took was a video she shot up on the monitor of the doctor working on Kai. She said she was surprised that he came out of the OR w/out the breathing tube, but after she woke him up, he kicked his legs up in the air and pointed to his mouth, so she asked him if he wanted the tube out and he said indicated yes, so she took it out. She is so sweet, so caring. I really like her. We talked for a while, then Kai woke up by throwing up. Luckily, she was on one side and I was on the other side and she was able to roll him over to his right side to avoid getting it all over his central line which goes in just under his left collarbone. He was pretty miserable, but got him all cleaned up and got the bedding changed. With having to roll him over from side to side, it did increase the bleeding a little, so they ended up giving him 2 units of plasma to help the clotting and said that they would check his levels again at midnight and if his numbers have dropped, then they would have to give him some blood.
His color seemed to get better, the grayness was lessening and hints of pink were starting to come back. The nurse got me a reclining chair, but warned me it was broken and I would have to lean it up against something unless I wanted to fall out backward, so I leaned it up against the suitcase in front of the wall. I put my sunglasses on and covered up my head w/ my sweater and tried to take a nap. By this time, I was completely exhausted. My body just felt empty. I felt shaky and it felt like I had a heavy yamika or bowl sitting on my head. My breathing not quite right. I really didn't feel good, so by 10pm when John & his mom came back, I had already told Bryan that I didn't think it would be a good idea for me to stay the night. I was afraid I was just completely wearing myself out and jeopardizing my health and keeping my surgery on schedule. So, I asked John if he would stay w/ Kai as long as he could as I had to get back to Haven House and sleep.
As I was getting ready to leave, Kai woke up and looked really good. His color looked good, his vitals looked good, and he was talking better. I didn't have to lean down to hear him anymore. His voice was coming back. He wasn't in any pain and was completely alert and talking. I felt better then leaving knowing that he was doing so well. I asked the nurse to call me if there was any negative changes.
I slept from about 11pm - 7am. Even though I was still exhausted when I woke up, I couldn't go back to sleep and I still wasn't feeling quite right. Bryan went over to Burger King and got us some breakfast. While he was over there, I called the hospital to check on Kai and the nurse said he had a good night. The bleeding had stopped, no more throwing up, vitals were good, and he didn't have to have any blood. Again, prayers answered! Thanks everyone!
I called my mom to update her. She was going to go to Bloomington today to be w/ Linnea and let Trace go home until Monday. I thought I would feel better after I ate, but I didn't. In fact, the right side of my heart was hurting. This is nothing new. I have these pains all the time, but they usually don't last long. It was hard to breathe again. I decided I would just lay back down until I felt better. Finally about 9:30 or so, I decided I'd better get in the shower. It felt good to have that hot water run over my aching body. By the time I got out, I was feeling better.
We finally got to the hospital about 11:45. Kai was sleeping. John had left about 8am when his parents came over. They said the nurse got him up and into the chair sitting up for while. He did have a little problem w/ his asthma, so they gave him a breathing treatment I think and had the oxygen canula on him. When we got there, they left. Kai woke up and was awake for about an hour or so. He is looking REALLY good. He said they have been doing a good job keepin his pain under control w/ Morphine. I told him Morphine was good thing, but hospital stays are the only time he can ask for it:-) He said it didn't make his head feel funny or anything, just took away the pain. He watches the History Channel and the Military Channel constantly. Happy as a lark with these channels. They are going to bring him in some soft food here in a little bit. He is awake again, so I will write more later.
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