As of this morning Nathan was still on the external pacer and was pretty much the same as last night. After this mornings post the Doctors came around again and decided to remove some of Nathan's hardware.
The major hardware was the external pacer!!! His heart rate is still low but higher then it was yesterday. He still is in heart block however they want to keep him off the pacer today to see if he can get back into normal rhythm.
Nathan was also able to remove one of his IVs, his catheter, his chest drain, and his arterial line that was directly in his heart. He still has one IV and the pace wires of course but with half the wires gone I was able to lift him ever so gently out of bed and hold him!
He has been waking up just ever so briefly but mostly sleeping the night and day away. The goal is to get him up for awhile and eating. He had about 4 bites of applesauce but is refusing all food. If you know Nathan at all you know that he NEVER refuses food especially PB&J or yogurt and even those items were refused. Th hope is that as he wakes he will desire more food.
Thank you to all for your love, support, and especially your prayers!
*Just a side not please call before coming up. Also we are limiting visitors to just family members at the moment as he is still not doing the best and we are still in the ICU. Thank you for your understanding!
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