Joseph Update - Thursday
Jill here. The doctors just made their rounds and Joseph is doing well from the surgery overall. All of the invasive sites seem to be healing well. However, he has been running a fever and his heart rate is elevated. I got to be Mama Bear last night to respectfully insist on a blood test to rule out infection. It's extremely easy to do since he has a central port, so I couldn't see a reason not to. The test came back negative, but at least I have the peace of mind that he's not leaking internally somewhere.

Now that it's the 2nd day post-op, Joseph is more alert. Although he doesn't seem to have much pain now, he's very afraid that something is going to hurt. He's got very shallow, rapid breathing and he may be afraid his stomach incision is going to hurt if he takes a big breath. He needs to get his lungs fully inflated to ward off pneumonia, so that's the specific prayer request for today.

He's starting to show a little bit of his stubborn side, so in some ways he must be feeling better!
Thanks for your phone calls, prayers and support. It means a lot to the entire family.
~Jill