Slow and steady wins the race...

The last 24 hrs have been good - Ryder is on a little sedation still but seems to be pretty comfortable with this - he opens his eyes for about 15-20 min at a time then drifts back off to sleep.  This is the most fun part of the day!!  He is alert enough at these times to look around a little, move his little arms and legs and squeeze a lightly on your finger.  He also gums the endotracheal tube like he's trying to bite it in half - that's my fighter!!

This morning his milrinone infusion was turned down slightly to see if blood pressures would go a little higher ( had to get a small fluid bolus early yesterday morning for low BP); it didn't make a huge difference and his ins and outs were about equal today (we are going for negative to get the fluid off).  Kind of seems we just went in a circle and are back where we started, but again we are learning to be patient and wait.  Slow and steady with lots of prayers and faith that we will keep making progress.  Tonight the lasix drip was turned up again slightly so hopefully we will have some negative fluid balance in a few more hours. 

In the meantime, I am just trying to stay awake, so Ryder and I made this bracket based on absolutely no basketball insight, but rather using rankings related to his birthdate, weight, etc.  Seems just as good a way as any to make a bracket.  So good luck Ryder to win props for your bracketology at age 16 days.  If you don't win, no worries, you still have super cute socks!  Love you so so so much, forever and ever!!!

ESPN - Tournament Challenge - ESPN's NCAA Men's Bracket Game - jnewman730 1