Dylan's Surgery-Day 5

Yeah for Dylan!!!! Yesterday was a big day for Dylan, Mommy and Daddy. As I explained in my post before after Dylan's heart surgery they had to keep drains in his chest. These tubes are what drains the blood and any fluid after surgery. This is the most painful part for the babies post surgery and in order to remove them they have to have minimal output from the drains. Yesterday they finally removed these from his chest. We were so excited and excited for Dylan!!! He was going to be a whole new little boy.

In order to remove them they had to give him morphine and sedate him a little. It is pretty painful for them but only takes about 10 minutes. Greg walked out of the room because he did not want to watch them. I stayed in the room with Dylan. The doctor told us he would probably cry a little. Well guess what happened?? Our little man did not make a peep. Can you believe it? The doctors could not even believe it. They asked us, does Dylan ever cry? We told them not very much. He is the most calm little boy. All of the nurses can not believe how strong our little Dylan is. I new he would be a fighter. He is doing amazing and much more playful now that the drains our out. We hope to be going home soon. We will keep everyone posted.