Day after surgery: How it's been and how we're doing
We are sitting in a private room outside of the PICU with a window to the outside and a little boy who only has one IV and is not hooked up to anything else. We are incredibly grateful for how well we are doing right now. We are living a dream in some sick nightmare. Leo specifically is tired, uncomfortable, and moving like himself. He's getting food and still getting pumped full of pain meds. We got some x rays done today and the neurosurgeon came up and said that they look really good! We saw physical therapy this morning and talked through the benefits and necessity of moving. Moving is how Leo recovers. I am astounded that we are able to put him in his wheelchair and walk around. He went down to x rays in his wheelchair and Brad and I held him on a chair for them. By the time his next pain med is scheduled he's exhibiting some clear discomfort. He honestly hasn't been crying a lot today though. There's been some tired whimpers and some cries ...