Riley is out of surgery

He's out and in the PICU. He is on the ventilator and periodically opening his eyes to look around. They can't do much for pain at this point because they need him to begin recovering on his own, which is difficult for all of us. He's on a little bit of morphine and tylenol. There is a lot of chest drainage still, and his coagulation test indicated that his blood is still thin (the nurse said his drainage levels are "on the borderline"). They're giving him some FFP (fresh frozen plasma) to help with the bleeding. Plan at this point is to put him back on the pacemaker and full ventilation and let the FFP take effect, then look at the drainage levels and coag test again. If things are improving in a few hours they'll extabate and let him start breathing on his own. He's obviously bothered by the tube and tries to grab at it periodically.

On the plus side: his temperature is in the normal range and his blood pressure and EKG are good.