Elis had a settled night and by morning his pressures and oxygen requirements had both come down significantly.
At ward rounds the doctors decided to stop giving him any further morphine so that he would be fully awake and more likely to make the effort to breath. By 2.30pm the consultant had removed the tube that had allowed the oxygen to be blown into his lungs. He is now on a nasal type of oxygen support and the blood gas tests will later give an indication of how well he is managing to expel his C02 gases. These are real steps forward but as the consultant said, "He is not out of the woods yet." We hope he is in the bushes though....
Josie said that by the time they had finished messing about with him and giving him his meds he was a bit grumpy but who can blame him? He is now sleeping and hopefully regaining his strength.
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So pleased to hear he is making every effort to turn the corner, as for being grumpy - wait until he's big and strong he'll get his own back on those doctors, little boys are notorious for having a very good aim with a certain golden liquid!
Love JaneX
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