Austin's Recovery- Tuesday

Austin has had another challenging day, but he is finally enjoying some rest this afternoon. He got about 6 hours sleep last night and was up and ready to watch The Tigger Movie at 4:30 this morning. Keep in mind that he didn't sleep at all once he was taken to his own room following surgery until about 10:30 last night. He gets more sleep than that on a normal day at home. We were expecting him to sleep for most of the first 24 hours following his surgery, so he has definitely been keeping us on our toes. We are thankful, however, that he finally settled down to sleep around 12:45 this afternoon and is still sleeping now at 3:00. I think he will feel much better after having a good rest. He will also be able to sit up this evening for the first time, and he will be able to eat regular food when he wakes up instead of just Popsicles and juice. He sure was hungry this morning after not having any solid food for a day and a half, so he was able to eat a pancake and a piece of bacon for breakfast. He missed lunch since he is napping, but he has some food that he will be able to eat once he wakes up later this afternoon.

Joseph has to work tonight, so my mom will be staying with me. Please pray that Austin will have a good night and that we will all be able to get some rest. I haven't slept much the past two nights, so I am hoping for at least a decent stretch of sleep this evening.

Tomorrow we expect to begin physical therapy, and hopefully Austin will feel well enough to get up and play. His dressing will also be removed tomorrow. Surprisingly, the bandage is very small, so I don't expect his incision to be very large at all. We have to cut the back of his diaper out at the top so it doesn't rub the incision area, but other than that, we haven't had to do anything special to it.

We have definitely not had any time to be bored the last two days. Austin has kept us quite busy. It is only a matter of time before he starts feeling better. This nap today should help, and hopefully he will be happier once he is off bedrest.