Thursday, February 4, 2010

Naughty and Nice

After I left yesterday evening, Jace turned into a naughty skitter. He became a capital G GRUMP. The nurse suspected he was hungry, but the belly is the last thing to wake up from anesthesia. A little bit of barf can make a WHOLE lot of hurt, so they were trying to hold him off from eating until this morning.

LC's temperament matches her dad's blissfully. Both are extremely laid back...hard to aggravate...rather be smiling, roll with the punches kind of folks.

It looks like Jace is taking after me.

He was irate. He was demanding phone numbers. Ordering to be put in touch with the head of the hospital. He wanted someone in a position of AUTHORITY and PRONTO.

So, his nurse upped his sedation. And moved the phone out of Jace's reach. And treated him to an extra dose of morphine.

Today's plan is to wean him off of oxygen and bring him out of sedation. This should be quite a show. We expect him to wake up with guns blazing. In hopes of buttering him up, Child Life Services brought down a rockstar rainforest mobile to cheer him. I'm not optimistic. I'm pretty sure he's going to greet us with some foul language.




3 comments:

  1. That's ok, Jace. After all you've been through--you can be as "verbal" as you want. I am so proud of you. What a tough guy you are.
    xoxoxo,
    Nana Cam

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  2. Bless him. Glad he is so spunky already. Hope he continues to blaze the trail to get you guys out of there soon.
    Love & prayers for you.

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  3. Morphine, yes the answer to most PICU annoyances :-) So glad to hear he is being a bear because that means he is recovering well!

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