Recovery

Jeshua's first day of recovery went very well! He was awake and semi-alert for most of our visits today. He'd been receiving a very potent pain killer called fentanyl through his IV since shortly after surgery. However, he has shown less ongoing pain than expected, and was taken off fentanyl altogether early today. The result: An awake and happy baby (if a little groggy) that we've been able to hold and "coo" at. After holding him for 45 minutes on our last visit tonight, he slowly drooped to sleep in our arms. It was a very sweet moment for us, as were most of the visits today.

Things are really looking positive; we're looking forward to begin feeding him tomorrow and still hope to bring him home next weekend. Aaron and Leah had a great time spending last night with us here at the Ronald McDonald House, and had even more fun skyping with us right before bedtime tonight. They're at Grandma's again tonight, but I'll be going home with the kids tomorrow night for the week while Melissa remains here in Spokane. I will be traveling to Spokane in the evenings to spend an hour or two with Melissa and baby Jesh. Tomorrow or Monday they'll replace the bandages on his tummy with the actual colostomy bag and teach us how to care for this thing. It'll be different than changing diapers, but at least no blow-outs for a little while (although, I think even blow-outs will have new meaning to us after this).

Also, we're pretty sure he's getting cuter :)