One day done

It's been a long but largely successful day for Bobby. This morning we had a bit of excitement as he developed something akin to a rash. His face and shoulders turned bright red, although he didn't have any hives. That went away with cold compresses but then came back this evening, albeit not as bad. The doctors think its a reaction to morphine.

Speaking of which, Bobby has been off of the morphine since 11:00 and it looks promising for us to stay off. He's on Tylenol every 6 hours and that, along with lots of gentle care, seem to do the trick. He hasn't really been all that awake today - he's been pretty out of it, which is just as well.

The father of our little roommate came this afternoon. I'm happy to know that there is a dad. And a very loving dad at that. There was an unfortunate incident involving booger removal and a screaming little guy, but that particular chore is very controversial with Bobby as well.

So we hope for good sleep tonight and I expect a much more alert Bobby in the morning. We'll start his feeds midday. He will begin with 5 ml dripped over an hour. He moves up 5 ml every 4 or so hours. That means he should be on full feeds sometime Sunday.