April 17

Connor got some sleep again last night, but I believe he took benedryl to help. They had his oxygen down so low, that on a whim they turned it off altogether. I was only there this morning, but he was off for a solid two hours with no loss of saturation. He only has one tube, so he's still attached to an IV pole, but he walked the hallway, went to the bathroom and was sitting up when I left. The physical therapist was with him and they were going to practice stairs. I'm sure he's sleeping now. He's only gotten about 1/2 way on the incentive spirometer (if you've ever had surgery, you have to breathe into this and move the tubes up to make sure your lungs are fully inflating).
He has come a long way in just a couple days of feeling better and amazingly for one day out of the ICU.
He still has gas and uncomfortable bloating, but the more he gets up the better that will be. He still has no appetite, but once the gas moves it'll get better as well.  I think the Dr scared him a little this morning when she suggested that if he wasn't able to manage stairs or going to the bathroom without help, he would be discharged to a rehab center instead of home. I think the chance of that is very slim if he continues to work as hard as he his working!

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