sesame mucho

Ford is one week old today! But not doing well this morning. They had to put him back on pavulon - the paralytic - this morning, as there was too much fluid in his lungs. The past 3 days (or so? time is strange right now) he had been off it, and yesterday was an all time low for the levels of morphine and midazolam. Meaning, he was waking up at times to look around and at us, and moving his hands, feet, head... grabbing our fingers in his and so on. Even crying - though he can't make any noise while intubated, he does make a big cry face! Seeing him moving and interacting with him has been so lovely, and he had been doing most of his breathing on his own. But overnight he wasn't able to swing it anymore - so back on the paralytic and upping the sedatives again. Which is the best thing for him, but hard to not have those reassuring little movements from him.

His temperature has been up today too, so we're waiting on a blood test to see if he has an infection. Urine test is a-okay. If he has an infection, the surgery will be postponed. If not, the surgery is still planned for tomorrow afternoon.

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Yesterday, the cab driver who took us from the Ronald McDonald House to the Stollery refused to take the tip on the fare, and made the receipt out for more than we paid, "keep it for the kid". Some people are so kind.