Day two got off to an early start with Katie moaning at 3:00am awakening both parents. Mom fell back to sleep a short time later as Dad took over. Doctors arrived at 6:30am to remove the first bandage. We are told everything looks great. Mom and Dad had their first look at Katie’s incision. Katie being very tired and in and out of sleep today. She is breathing room air and her O2 saturation was 98 to 100. Chest Physio was in twice and her chest sounded clear although the lower lobes were faint which apparently is normal. The monitors were still attached for both pulse rate and respirations. The O2 sats were also being monitored throughout the day. Her temperature was normal in the morning and rose to 37.7 in the afternoon. We were still giving Tylenol every four hours and there was no change to the amount of morphine being given.

We tried giving her 200mls of Lytren over 4 hours, however this just made her moan. The intestines were still asleep, a side effect of the anesthesia. Dad helped with position changes this day and Mom looked after face and mouth care as we waited for signs that her bowels were working. Position changes were easier today and Katie showed little displeasure from being turned. The fluid retention was noticeably down.