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Good Morning...
     We were so exhausted last night when we got to the Ronald McDonald house that we went straight to bed.  After being awake for 22 hours straight with no break yesterday, we did not have a chance to update you all on Parker.  At 1:30 we were able to go back and see Parker.  He looks pretty good to say the least.  He did very well yesterday in the PCICU.  Parker's blood pressure was below his target level so they have increased his meds to level him out.  They have Parker on Versid and Morphine for the pain.  He had fever last night of 100.8 and after surgery that is normal for the temp to spike.  They were having trouble last night balancing Parker's blood pressure and his pain meds because the more pain meds they administered the lower his blood pressure would be.  After taking a chest x-ray this morning they found that Parker has fluid in both his lungs.  He is very blue still in the facial area, and is very swollen.  They have decided to increase his Lasiks and Diura to help with not only the fluid in his lungs and his swelling.  He doesn't look very good today but they have assured me that he is very stable.  Parker is starting to wake up very slowly and move his arms and legs a little bit.  He opens his eyes for a brief second but then they close really slow.  Primarily that is due to all of his meds.  You can tell that he knows you are there, but does not respond.  He is still being fluid fed through the I.V. drip.  Parker is still on a ventilator to help him breathe.  They are hoping to slowly take him off of that hour by hour.  They tried to back him off of it earlier and did not do too well with it.  So they brought him back up to where he was.  They will continue to do this throughout the day, so hopefully his body will respond well to that.   It may be tomorrow before it can be removed.  Parker's chest tube that is draining all of the blood is still pulling blood from around the chest cavity.  This is completely normal.  Overall Parker is doing very well to have endured everything he has so far.  The nurses and doctors have been outstanding!  The PCICU is called "The Bubble".  They said last night that if anything goes wrong this is where you want to be.  The best docors and nurses are within arms reach.  I will try and post some pics later and maybe another video.  Thank you for all of your continued prayers.  This has been the hardest thing we have ever done in our life.  Parker has been so resilient and he is going to be just fine.  Karlyn is a little upset because they will not allow her to go back to see him due to the flu season.  You all know how much she loves him so please say a little prayer for her.
Love In Christ,
The Crafts