Steve and I went to visit Elijah at Children's Hospital yesterday and were surprised to see him moving his arm and kicking his legs. As stated before they are slowly weening him off medication, one in particular was a paralytic. They did have to restrain his arms because they were worried that he would start pulling or yank out some of the tubes. It was only for a short period of time, but it was nice to have him hold onto our fingers and squeeze them. He had to be sedated again though because it became clear that he was having some pain. The nurse informed us that they did run his blood cultures and some swab twice and both came back negative for the H1N1 virus. Even though he is no longer infected with the virus he still has quiet a ways to go to fully recover and become "healthy" again.
We also spoke to the on call cardiologist to discuss his heard condition and his upcoming heart procedures. He is scheduled to have a heart catheter done on November 19th followed by surgery on the 23rd. As of this point the cardiologist feels that we can keep those dates as it would give Elijah almost two weeks to recover enough to safely perform the procedures.
It is very hard to walk into see him hooked up to so many machines, but we know it all will make him better. He is a miracle and a fighter!
We're glad to hear he can still have his procedures done on schedule. We're hoping he can make a speedy recovery and come back home soon! -Amy and Eric
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