Dylan had a restless night. She was very fussy and writhing with pain. They put her on morphine to make her more comfortable and help her sleep.  It's very difficult to see your baby on morphine. You get to know your little person so well that it breaks your heart when their eyes cloud with opiate, and are unresponsive to your voice because they're in their own world- trying to navigate it with their thoughts. Limp limbs and complete apathy towards any stimulus.  You wonder if they recognize your voice. You talk/sing to them etc. for your own comfort as much as theirs. Because she was on assistance for breathing during surgery, her gut is filled with air and has put her girth up 4.5cm. Her belly is hard and distended, her veins popping out in protest at the stretch. She's been put on intermittent suction through her NG tube again to try and remove the air via stomach.
She had three episodes of bradycardia overnight where her HR dropped to 45bpm. She recovered from them on her own with no intervention. Her new Broviac looks quite good, and I'm sure will look better once the bloody dressings are changed. She is back on TPN and getting her calories and proteins etc. again. It looks like we may return to unit 2 later today or tonight. Thank you for your support everyone, it means so much. Xxx