Breathing Tube Out

Landon continues to do well and he reached the big milestone we were hoping for - he ditched his breathing tube ( the fancy medical term is "extubated")!  Yay! He got it out a few hours ago and has responded well to being off it. Removing it was no fun and since then he has been somewhat fussy since he seems to be coming out of the "haze" of anesthesia.  So his being upset comes more from confusion and irrationality than pain (from what we've been told).  They are staying on top of his pain meds and have already pulled off a few which he seems to be tolerating well.

We moved him around a little while ago and got him repositioned to be a little  more comfortable and I told him he was getting a "big boy pillow" even though he was still out of it.  Then, he woke up a little bit and we gave him some juice and kept saying something but we weren't sure what. Then we realized he was saying "big boy pillow".  Anything "big boy" is a huge deal to him since he moved to his big boy bed at home so it's funny that stuck with him long enough that it was the first thing he said to us.  It's nice to hear his voice again even though we just heard it this morning and even though it was just those few words.  Landon is sleeping again now off and on and we are hoping he will rest well tonight since the breathing tube won't be agitating him. Every time we offer him fluids he wants to gulp them down like crazy but we have been trying to ration them to make sure his stomach will tolerate them OK. He's been drinking fluids for a few hours though and no issues though so hopefully in the morning he can move up from clear liquids.

It has been a textbook day in a great way!  We pray it will continue to stay that way and that his recovery will progress just as it should. Thanks for enduring the million updates today and for your prayers!  We know we have all been prayed for because the day has just gone so smoothly.  More updates tomorrow!