Kurt and I arrived at Children's this morning at 10:00. Karter was still in ICU at that time but was moving upstairs shortly to the ward. At 11:30 we were on the ward and in a 4 person room...not my favorite room on the ward for sure! Anyhow, we were greeted by the nurses, many of which remembered us from previous stays. The charge nurse told me she "was working magic for us" to get us into a private room. About 2:00 they moved us into a private room in the quiet back hallways of the ward...it is like the presidential suite!!! No lumpy cot for me to sleep on but rather a nice futon couch. The room is nice and spacious for when visitors come and all is good!
Karter had a good night, when we got here they had taken out his catheter(sp???)and had taken out one of his IV's. He was being weaned off the morphine and by this afternoon was off the oxygen and morphine completely. He has been smiling and making noises and has been moving around a fair bit. He is drinking his bottles as normal and is tolerating them well. he is quite swollen today, his left eye is closed for the most part, sometimes he will open it a crack. We saw the incision today, it does look a bit gruesome but once it heals, is cleaned up and the hair grows over we will forget all about it. He is still on the anti-biotic just to make sure that he does not get any infections, they are common after surgery. Other than that he is doing exceptionally well and we are pleased.
In a strange way it has been an easy peaceful two days. We feel rested and relaxed. Kurt will go home tonight and I will stay with Karter in his room. Our prayer is that he sleeps well tonight as well. It sounds like we will be coming home Monday morning.
We will be accepting visitors on Sunday but we would ask that you call first to let us know when you will be coming just so that we make sure everyone doesn't come at the same time. You can call the hospital at 875-2345 and ask for room 18 on 3R or just ask for Karter Witt's room.
That's it for today, blessings!
