Quiet Saturday morning

Last night was Monty's first night out of ICU. I think things went well. I don't know for sure because I slept a good part of the night. I was tired. I did wake up several times when he was getting respiratory therapy and having blood drawn. He also got his sheets changed and had to be weighed in the middle of the night. The on call surgeon came around. He was great about explaining everything that has happened this week and what we can expect for the next few weeks. Monty will have his chest tubes removed shortly. The doctor is also hopeful that the liver issues will be resolved over the next couple of days. His liver enzymes are extremely high, but his functions are almost normal. Monty's white count is 31,000. The doctor said that Monty looks great for someone who went through two heart surgeries and cardiac arrest just three days ago. Monty does not have a fever, so the doctor does not believe that the elevated white count is from the strep infection. Monty is quite excited that he can have solid food for lunch. I think we may have gotten the good news that we wanted for today. I can't be sure because we will see three more doctors at some point today. Because their focuses are on different things, their perspectives are often different.