On the right track

Max is back on his pre-op ventilator settings. He may lose his morphine drip later today. So far, he seems pretty pleasant.

He did gain weight again, probably from medications and the blood transfusion. But, the doctor wants to get some of that extra off, so they are limiting his fluids for a couple of days and he is back on Lasix.

Mommy is learning how to care for the ostomy bag today. This will cover his stoma and basically, collect the poop that comes out of his belly until his second surgery in a few months. It's important that Troy and I know how to care and change the bags, since he could come home with the ostomy, and then come back several weeks later for the final repair surgery to his bowels.

I should be able to hold him this afternoon for the first time since surgery. Doctors says it will help him to be upright, and snuggling with Mommy! Yippee!