Ike is Home!

Ike was discharged today! He was able to tolerate 100% Elecare (no pedialyte or IV fluids) on a normal feeding schedule for the past 24 hours and he has been on just tylenol for pain for the past 36 hours. He is still spitting up, but he was before surgery, so this is not a big concern. Dr. F came in for a quick check up and removed his dressing and gave us some discharge instructions. Isaac still has a 1% risk of volvulus, so we reviewed the warning signs. (Dr. F says he has never had one of his patients have recurrent volvulus, which is a comforting statistic.)

Yesterday our nurse, Michelle, took Isaac on a tour of 3 East while I showered and got ready. Later I walked Isaac around (he was thrilled to leave the room!) and everyone greeted him. He became buddies with all the nurses. In addition to taking a walk, he sat at the main station and played with all the nurses.

This morning my mom came while I took a huge desperately needed nap. After Dr. F's visit we were able to take Isaac to the cafeteria with us while we got some food. He had a blast looking at all the people. After lunch we headed back to our room & packed up and Isaac was discharged.

Here we are saying good-bye to the staff of 3 East & Room 3135. We were only there for 6 days, but hospital time is like molasses. Ike had his IV removed right after this picture, which is good because last night Isla asked my mom, "Is Bro coming home with that STUPID thing in his arm?!"

Here's Isaac at home. He was so excited to be back that he refused to nap.
...and here's his incision. Dr. F took off his bandage and now there are just steri-strips. We can also still see the pen line. For some reason it looks bigger to me without the bandage. I measured & it is 3.5 inches, exactly. He should have quite a scar to show off when he is older. I still can't get over what they did. I looked at pictures of the surgery last night (weird, I know but also remarkable!) The surgery is truly amazing. I'm so glad, grateful, overjoyed, ecstatic that Isaac had such outstanding care and is having such a speedy recovery.
Over all Isaac is doing very well. We gave him a bath and he had fun looking around at everything. He had a funny little expression on his face throughout the day, as if to say, "Hmmmm...this is familiar..." He still needs his tylenol and he seems to be positioning himself to avoid discomfort, but other than that, he is back to his jolly mellow old self.

Our Night & Day RNs for Wednesday & Thursday were two Michelles.