We came in at 7am to visit Tyler and were told he had a good night with the Oxygen vent support levels staying reduced at 60% and also the Nitric medicine was reduced from 20 to 10. Great progress! He is wait listed for surgery today so it will be in the afternoon most likely around 3pm. The surgeon would like to do it sooner if a room opens up. We are just sitting tight waiting for surgery.
Since today is not the weekend or a holiday, we were able to meet several more members of Tyler's care team. They rounded and let us know that he is stable. They noticed a red spot on his skin near his arterial line which will be looked at more closely by the surgeon today to see if it needs to come out or if it is just a skin reaction to the tape. I really hope it is a skin reaction and not the start of an infection. Dr.Turrentine didn't seem to be too concerned when he took a quick look this morning. He said he would take a closer look later.
Looks like we are scheduled to go to surgery around 12:30 EST. The chest bone is going to close and then we can start making some headway on the healing! More will come after the surgery.
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