................Long night for the little man

Last night was a very long night. Zach was up most of it and not happy. He kept complaining of a stomache ache, not being comfortable, throat hurting and his leg being squeezed. We figure his stomache hurts because he has not been eating but taking pain meds so I got him to eat 1/2 a thing of pudding. Then his throat is probably because of the intubation tube from surgery. We gave him some pain meds and repositioned him to see if we could help with the swelling. He has to lay now with his head pretty flat and pillows up under his butt and leg so its in the air to allow for elevation. Since doing this he has taken a nap and seems more happy. I on the other hand am exhausted but a moms job is never done so the day will go on. We are hoping to get him out of bed in his wheel chair again and down to the main lobby to the gift shop so he can just get out of the room.

His O2 levels have been really good since coming off the morphine so probably no more O2 either. He was asking this am what all the numbers on the screen meant so I knew he was more with it, at that point. His favorite nurse Danielle is back with him today so he perked up to that also. (Yes Mrs. Brazee he has girlfriends here to, that boy of mine is just something. LOL) I got him to eat 1/2 of his french toast and a can of pineapple juice. I bet from this day forward we will start to see the real Zach come back to us. We might take him to the cafeteria for lunch instead of ordering his room service. (Yep the kids get room service. You order anything they want off of a menu. No specific meals like most hospitals, and the food is actually pretty good. Great choices for them also. They also allow parents to buy a tray for $7.00 and you order as much as you want and what you want and it comes up with the kids trays.) Did I ever say how much I love Childrens Hospital Boston? They are great here and they do the best they can to make everyone feel welcome and help you with anything you may need or want.