Will The Mysteries Never Cease…

Talked to Chloe this afternoon and she reported the following story:

Chloe had finally fallen asleep around midnight thirty this morning (Thursday) and was in a much needed deep sleep, so deep in fact that when a nurse woke her up around one thirty, she yelped and it took her a while to realize it wasn’t part of her dream.  They told her Owen was fine, but they asked her to come into his room.  They explained that the monitor on his breathing machine had gone off and they went in there to see what was wrong.  The machine was working correctly, but Owen was lying there still strapped down, with the tube out of his mouth, smiling at them, quite proud of his accomplishment.  He seemed to be doing fine, so they left it out all day, with no issue.  His blood O2 levels were pretty stable all day.  He’s still hooked up to fluids in case the tube has to go back in, and hasn’t been able to have any real food again until they’re sure he won’t aspirate it into his lungs, but he’s still happy even with a totally empty stomach.

This evening (20 hours after the self-extubation), they fed him a small batch of formula and breast milk (through the feeding tube) to see if he’d burp it back up, and if all goes well after a couple hours, Chloe gets the green light to try breast feeding again.

The nurses said that since he’s coming off all the meds, his body is a bit out of whack (duh).  Not a whole lot of sleep (for Owen or Chloe), but he’s staying happy, flirting with the nurses, and being his adorable self.  Because of what happened last time (the scar reopening) they’re trying to be cautious, but if all goes well, tomorrow might be the day to move out of ICU to a normal hospital room, probably for another 24 hours before coming home.  So if all goes to plan, they could be home this weekend.  Woo hoo!

Hopefully Chloe will regain control of her site soon so you won’t all have to deal with my endless updates anymore.    (Although Barney helped type this one, can you tell?  Be glad I replaced some of his more colorful phrases with my own.)  Keep your good thoughts and prayers headed their way!