Better and better...

Koal improves more and more every day! We even got some smiles today, so we know our little guy is starting to feel better and get back to himself!

He was pretty happy to play peek-a-boo with Daddy this afternoon for a while, and he’s been resting well, both last night and today. He was taken off oxygen (though he still has his little round cheek stickers on!), and his O2 saturation numbers have been great. You can see his incision site in this picture, too – and don’t worry, it looks worse than it is.  It’s healing nicely, as are his IV poke sites and blisters under his arms.  He managed to pull so hard on BOTH his hand IVs yesterday and last night that he earned himself a foot IV, which they covered in a diaper for protection.  Only took him about 4 seconds to kick the diaper off. Little stinker!  BUT, it’s easy enough to put it back on, and at least it’s the diaper not the IV!  Adam calls it his ‘club foot’ and rightly so, as that is exactly what it look like. Koal also got to take a ride in a stroller down to get an x-ray this morning (see pic below), and loved being out of the room with so many new things to look at. Busy day for the little guy, but he’s doing well and we’re praying for another quiet, restful night (for everyone!).

Some specifics we ask you to pray for are:

*Ease and no pain with the removal of Koal’s chest drainage tubes tomorrow morning.

*For excellent results from the follow-up echocardiogram scheduled for Thursday morning.

*For God to use us to encourage those around us here and show others His love.

*For continued healing and uneventful recovery time for our little man.