A new day...

Wednesday 10/8:

We were able to get a few hours of rest and were looking forward to a new day....

Titus's labs overnight and in the morning continued to come back completely within acceptable ranges. They decided to space his blood draws out to every 8 hours instead of 4 now which is great news! They also have mentioned possibly taking him off the room air that is being delivered through the cannula on his face. He hates having it taped up to his nose and is constantly scratching and pulling on it...to be honest when it slipped off I never worried about putting it back in too much because nothing was changing.  They are going to start delivering nutrition through his IV today as well and also mentioned that if he remained stable, they would consider letting us nuzzle at breast again, which is GREAT! He has not forgot about the boob since he had it that first day of life and he is constantly rooting.

Titus's cardiology team also met today and went over all the tests and the new ECHO in order to get a game plan together. They sat us down and confirmed the  plan is still to place a shunt in his PDA to keep it open and continue delivery of blood to his lungs but they will also be patching a few pulmonary branches in order to ensure adequate blood flow to his lungs. We will be meeting with the surgeon before the surgery and they are hoping to get us scheduled ASAP since Ty is plenty healthy and ready! Unfortunately, CICU is currently at full capacity so we remain on standby until a bed opens.

I also got to see Evan for the first time since leaving for the hospital on Sunday evening. It was a short visit with many joyful tears on my end but it was so refreshing. I miss him SO SO much!

Overall, today was an awesome day. It was so nice to have less people poking and prodding as well as no beeping or alarms going off! We are giving thanks to the Lord for such a positive day and we are hopeful to get into surgery before the weekend, for the cannula to come off, and for things to continue to be as stable and quiet around here...