Stable, but no rush

Connie's bleeding has significantly slowed, but they want to take the cautious approach and really keep an eye on his pressures through the night before attempting to extubate. He received blood, plasma and platelets. He's doing well, scratching the heck out of his face b/c of the morphine. Just got a little dose of benadryl and his arms in restraints b/c we had to leave for them to do a sterile procedure on the kid in his room. Those of you who have been to Mott will appreciate this. He's not even in the bay!!!!! I thought all kids went to the bay after surgery--especially a "level 9" surgery. When Kelly came out to get me and she walked me back to him, we turned right instead of left toward the bay and that's when I knew he was going to be alright. He lost over 220cc's in 30 minutes. His chest drain was like a red snake. He has two chest tubes directly in the center of his chest. Another odd fact, he got pacer wires again, even though he has a pacemaker!! Just a general precaution since his pacer could malfunction or there could have been damage to it or the leads or something. Okay-the procedure is on hold for awhile so I'm going back in. Take that back. They said it actually is a go for now so we are stuck waiting for an hour. The bad thing about having to keep him intubated overnight is that he will be unhappy and have to be given a lot more sedation. You fight a battle between keeping him calm and happy on the vent and too sedated to do the work to breathe. Kind of a viscious cycle so we're hoping he will definitely be in shape to be extubated in the AM. Another plus is he's only on three meds. He's getting IV morphine, milrinone and dopamine. I bet some of those start decreasing tomorrow if he stays on this track.