Changing the dressing

Last night was the first time the nurses were to change the surgical dressing after surgery. If you click to enlarge the picture you will really be able to see up close the stitches holding his chest together. This surgery was different from the past in that they used stitches on the outside of his chest instead of internal stitches. These ones will have to be taken out- not fun. They also used glue to hold the top part of his chest together near his neck. It is like super glue! But overall his chest looks awesome! Burke your bone is fixed!! Before surgery we kept on telling Burke that Dr. Hanley was going to fix his heart and also his bone. I guess we told him enough times because he started telling other people that he was going to have his bone fixed, and "my heart". I love this little guy!
This picture below is just to inform everyone that we are still alive. Thank you Jan for all your love and support and for coming out for the surgery. It was great and we really appreciate it! Overall today has been okay. Burke has been waking up out of sedation quite often throughout the day and when he does he gets pretty upset. Finally, by the evening time they realized that he was probably not going to wake up any happier and that tomorrow they will extubate him in an effort to keep him a little more happier laying in bed. I have a very strong feeling that they are right!! He tries to protest everything that is going on by shaking his head and kicking his legs and feet even when his eyes are shut and totally drugged up!

So, tomorrow is the BIG day!! The doctors say he is doing great and he is looking good. We know that once that tube gets out, he will be on the fast track to getting outta here! We will post tomorrow once the tube comes out. We mostly can't wait because then he will be awake a lot more!