Post Op - Day 2

Well, last night, we encountered a fever. It wasn't fun for the mommy at all. Connor was gagging on his pain medicine, and we were given the green light by the hospital and doc to NOT wake him up if he was sleeping. Well, when he did wake up, he had a fever since his meds had worn off. It wasn't fun at all.

We called the oncall doctor (at 11pm) and he said that fevers are common, as long as they aren't accompanied by any swelling, redness, drainage, etc. So, he doesn't have any of that, and plus he's eating really well. So, the plan is to keep the fever under wraps and continue to monitor him. He hasn't had a fever since early this morning, so I think it's getting better, and plus we are keeping up on his pain meds.

The swelling is also a lot better today. We kept him propped up last night, and made sure his head was centered, so that the swelling didn't settle on one side of his face. They called it "dependent edema", whichever side he's laying on, that's the side the swelling goes to.

So, we need prayer for:

• No infection - we do NOT want any infection at all! It doesn't appear that it is the case, but want to keep it that way!
• Pray for fever go to away!
• Pray for the swelling to go away. It's hard on the mama to see her baby all swollen. Although the swelling doesn't seem to bother him.
• Pray for no pain - they told us to try to take out doses of the pain meds after a couple of days. So, pray when we do that, he's fine, and doesn't need it anyways.
• Pray for head to heal perfectly. It's already looking good, but pray that it heals perfect.