Thursday, April 7, 2011

The theme of today comes from the shuttle driver that drove Kelli to the motel last night from the hospital. Think of al the times we pass off to coincidence the many tender mercies we receive from God.  I like this. 

“Coincidence is God’s way of staying anonymous.”

1:30PM – Just hanging out at the hospital.  Garrett and Kaydi are on a date.  They are going to dinner together and then they are going to take a nap.  I know that doesn’t sound much like much of a date, but they were going to take in a matinee and neither of them felt like they could stay awake that long.  Obviously the stress is less.

Gibson today is doing well.  The nurses suctioned the mucous out of his lung and he didn’t like that too much.  They also moved him to a new room and he made no comments about the move.  He still has a window view, and that is all he really cared about anyway.  He made the move real well.  He had one of his IV’s removed – the one in his head, so he will look even better in photos.  But the big news is that when he opens his eyes he is not getting all stressed out – his blood pressure is remaining stable, and blood gases are not fluctuating.  The nurses, therefore, are lowering his meds and are continuing to lower the amount of assistance Gibson is getting from the ventilator. 

Because Gibson is not stressing as he receives more stimuli, Garrett and Kaydi have been able to touch him and kiss him.  He is returning the affection by squeezing their fingers.  Just one little miracle after another. 

Gibson did have an ultrasound on his heart today.  It is in good shape.  It is strong.  The opening that needs to close in newborns still isn’t closed all the way, but the physicians are not concerned.   He is scheduled to have a brain ultrasound of some type today, but that hasn’t happened yet. 

3:00 PM - Chris and I are still babysitting.  We got to go in while they changed and cleaned all of the sensors on his body.  Except for a group of three nurses who were reading the manual on how to hook him to one machine, these nurses are absolutely amazing; very knowledgeable, very focused, very professional.  I can’t say enough good things.  Also, we got to meet Dr. Null.  He is the head of this department.  Considering that Primary Children’s is one of the top 3 in the country, he must be the best in the country.  Considering that the USA is far ahead of the world, he must be the best in the world.  I am never washing my hand again - - - until I go see Gibson again.  

We also got to see them perform the ultrasound on his brain.  To me, it looks like Gibson will be a genius and a right-handed, 3-point shooter.  I could not see the screen too well, so I am not sure if he will be a wide receiver or a soccer player.  I suppose I could accept either.