worth mentioning

it is noteworthy that ford has been totally weaned off sedation/pain management. they started by weaning his ativan and once rid of that, slowly decreased his morphine infusion down to nothing as well. depending on the nurse, he sometimes get a dose of ativan to help with his "re-tapes", and depending on his liver function, occasional tylenol to ease his fevers. otherwise - nothing!

nothing! (for pain. his lasix and milrinone infuse on).

perhaps remarkable says it better than noteworthy. everyone marvels at his sedation-free good humour, considering he is intubated through one nostril, and has an NG stuffed down the other. not to mention all the other drawbacks of life in the CCU.

but he smiles more these days than he ever has! if he's happy here, imagine how pleased he'll be when he gets to the other side of this...

so we find moments of happiness too. unfortunately for us, unlike ford, we know what we're missing. so we also have many moments of heartbreak, alone here at night, miles away from him.

here is some recent cuddle time with momma:
with pops (and fluid retention):
in his millieu:
and in other cute baby news, we had a recent visit, and closet inspection, from Rudi: