AM Update 12/16

No calls from the nurses last night so I know that is a good sign. I'm on hold trying to call up there now to check on him. We finally got in to see him at 9:30 last night. Visiting hours were supposed to be from 8-10, but again, another 'situation' in the unit prevented us from going in there on time. I can't imagine the families of the children in the crisis situations. At least Bryce is in here for a planned surgery and recovery, we knew what to expect and things are going as planned so far.

Susan, his night nurse, just told me that Bryce deserves a STAR! Nothing new overnight to report. They might try to 'de-paralyze' him again this morning. The morphine and versed have been increased to try and keep him more sedated. The goal is to have him moving a little, 'twitching' or slightly responding to touch and hopefully with the increased sedation medications and with the paralytic turned off, this will happen. 2 hrs. until we can see Bryce this morning! Hopefully nothing will happen to close the unit down......

Kiki and Papaw Duke, thanks for being here for us and Bryce and we can't wait to see you when you can come back.

Thank you to Cappy for staying with us for the last 2 weeks, and she's not going anywhere anytime soon if we can help it!! Thank you also Papaw Ruff for being here this week. My dad is so calm with Bryce, I know just hearing his voice is soothing to Bryce while he is in the PICU.

We want to thank my sister for coming down and helping us get ready for the surgery, and for staying here with us during the surgery. She was a huge help! Blakeley, tell Tessa that Reagan misses her cousin so much!

Thank you to my Uncle Tom and cousin Jennifer for coming to the hospital and waiting with us during the surgery. She has been there for me so much the last couple of months and it means more to me than I can express.

We can't wait to see Buddy and Misty today (Anthony's brother and his wife) they are coming in from Clinton, MS for the day.

Borden, we hope you feel better soon!

Jack, we hope you had a great Birthday and a fun party, I can't wait to hear all about the movie.