Good Morning!

Joe and I took the nurse's advice last night and went back to our hotel for a little shuteye. He had a relatively uneventful night, with one exception. The nurse said she turned around once and saw a little butt sticking up in the air. Yes, Emmett had finally managed to flip over to his stomach--his preferred sleeping position. Unfortunately, he can't stay like that with all of the tubes and wires in his belly. So they gave him some more meds and it was sleepytime the rest of the night.

The doctors just came by on rounds. They are happy with his progress for the most part. He is a little dehydrated so they are giving him more fluids to combat that. He also had a couple dips in his heart rate upon waking. The attending cardiologist seems to think he needs a little more time on the breathing tube--after all, we are asking his left ventricle to do a lot more work than it was doing just 24 hours ago. They took an echo though and are going to go over the results before making a decision about extubation. They should have a plan in place later today.

E has developed quite a reputation in the CVICU already. He is known for 2 things: 1) his ability to go from 0 to 60 in an instant, and 2) his eyelashes, which I'm sure he will use to charm everyone once he is allowed to wake up. He looks like a giant compared to the other babies in his room, causing everyone to do a double-take when we say he isn't even 2 yet :) Yes, we realize how fortunate we are to have such a big, strong and seemingly healthy little boy.

Thanks again for all of the good wishes. Keep up the prayers, they are working! Much love from Cali...