Day 2 Post-op

Parker shaking his maraca!

This girl does such a great job!  All of the
 patients loved music time!

What a difference a day makes.  Today was a really really good day.  Parker slept almost the entire night through, waking up only for assessments, vital signs, and pain medicine.  He woke up at 7am, and played all morning long.  Dr. Chen came in around 9 and was really happy with how great Parker seemed to feel and gave us the green light to start feeding him.  Then at 1030, we were invited to Music time down the hall.  Child Life has a great playroom with tons of toys, games, tables and chairs.  One of the Child Life employees played the guitar, and we sang songs for more than 30 minutes.  It was so much fun.  Everyone had an instrument to play.  Parker shook his maraca the whole time and clapped his hands on his own.  It was precious!

He didn't go down for a nap until 1145.  Friends stopped by with lunch, and Parker woke up after 2 hours of sleep to play.  We made a lot of laps around the unit with the toy car.  Parker was the biggest flirt with all the nurses smiling and clapping at them.  They loved it!

This evening, my friend Kala stopped by for a visit.  Then, Ms. Laura showed up.  He saw her, smiled really big and reached out for her.  She was so happy to see Parker, and he was clearly happy to see her.  Very sweet.  It melts my heart to know how lucky we are to have someone who truly loves our little boy be his caretaker when I work.

Overall, we are a different baby.  He took down almost 20oz of milk!  That's sometimes the amount he takes at home!  We also haven't required IV medication since about 4 am.  We are getting closer and closer to being able to go home!  

parker is constantly standing up in his crib and trying to play

yesterday, Happy Wheels, a local nonprofit, came by so we could pick out a new book for Parker to keep

"come on, Mom, let me out of here!"  painkillers and "no-nos" can't slow this boy down