Moving Day

Today was quite eventful.  Jadon has progressed to the point where around noon we left the CCCU (Cardiac Critical Care Unit) and moved up to the step-down unit on the cardiac floor.  He is still in a shared room where there is always one nurse present, but it is definitely a step in the right direction.  Speaking of steps, we got Jadon to stand up for a few minutes on his bed today.  He needed to be supported but we were excited. It's important for him to move around and get mobilized.

Tomorrow Jadon should be losing his chest tubes which should make it easier for him to move around.   Apparently they can be quite painful.  Then they have to sort out his blood thinning medication.   Long term he should be fine on aspirin as he has been for the last 2 years but for the next 2 months they want him on something stronger.

I was able to drive home and bring the 4 siblings down to see Jadon this afternoon.   He has been quite grumpy as he's still not feeling well.   The look in the picture above is the best we'd gotten all day.   Once his siblings got there, they worked really hard to entertain him and were finally rewarded with a slight chuckle and this bit of a  smile.