Today was a bit of a rollercoaster.

After Carter's surgery, we were able to see him, and he was doing well. We left to get some rest and had a special dinner in Stacy's room that was provided by the hospital. It was a nice time during a hectic day.

After dinner, we went down to see him again. The nurse said around 5:45pm he woke up, and he quickly realized how much pain he was in. He also figured out that breathing made the pain worse, so he started holding his breath. So they loaded him with pain meds and put him on oxygen. His breathing was slow and often set the alarms off...something they said they expected to see tonight.

This was pretty much the hardest part of our experience so far...knowing our child is in distress and not being able to do anything about it. We decided that staying there would only drive us crazy, so we left him in the hands of the nurses and hope for a better day tomorrow. They will be starting him on a morphine infusion tonight, which should give him consistent pain relief.