Brody is continuing to improve

Brody has been continuing to improve.   He is  now off if the bipap and not using cpap anymore either. He is needing a little oxygen while sleeping  but is fine when awake. 

Now that he is off the breathing masks,  he can be taken off of the Precedex which has been helping to keep him sedated while on the masks.   Precedex provides pain relief too though.  His belly pain has been worse overnight so before stopping the Precedex,  his nurse is waiting on the pain team to see him again and increase his basal amount of morphine. Also,  if he will be off the sedation meds,  we want to give control of his morphine button for pain control back to Brody rather than his nurse.  The nurse has been controlling these button pushes while be has been in ICU.

Brody's thirst has not been nearly as intense yesterday nor overnight.   He is starting to complain of hunger now too though.  Hopefully his gastrointestinal tract starts moving along again soon so Brody will be able to eat and drink again soon.

Brody's spirits are much better too.   He is glad to be off the breathing masks and he can see/feel he is moving towards getting better.