Hospital Day 4

It has been cold, windy and foggy all at the same time. But inside it has been nice. Owen has been doing well again today. He continues to get better every day which is so nice. . His chest tubes are putting out less and less and not as bloody as before. His middle one isn't working well and looks a little cloudy so they are attaching a pleuro-vac to suction out more blood. Hopefully he doesn't have a chyle-leak. This is something that would change our hospital course and lives for a while. He was on the fence last time, but ended up not having it. He would essentially not be able to tolerate breastmilk, as he would need a very low fat diet. This leak happens sometimes when the thoracic duct gets messed with in surgeries like he had. Owen would need a special low fat formula and wouldn't be able to breastfeed or get any breastmilk. We are really, REALLY hoping that this doesn't happen. We hear the formula also tastes nasty. He hasn't been eating practically anything today so we actually have requested for an ng tube. He needs the nutrition and it would also help him rest and also show if he had the chyle leak or not. He is calm and watching Baby Einstein right now. He made some cute little talking noises today which was good to hear. We are kinda blah today, tired and just going with the flow. It is challenging to spend the nights/days apart so we can attempt to get some sleep. We were prepared mentally for these challenges so that is good. We are so happy to not be worrying too much about his stability, and it is hard to complain about being tired when you see what a trooper Owen is. Chels is spending the night again, as she had a few hours of sleep at Rons and is attempting to get on a schedule. I was going to stay the night tonight but she has been on the night shift the last 3 nights so she is going to try to stay on that schedule. All is pretty good here just tired. We are so glad Owen is doing well and having more energy. Chels even got to hold him today for a bit, so that was a bonus today.