Post-Op Day 9 (The Photo says it all!)

Jake's trend is really surging upward and his spirits are high and his recovery appears to get better each day.  Early morning we met with the plastics team and from their perspective Jake is cleared to go home.  We did learn one new item in regards to Jake's eyes. Due to the new geography of Jake's eyes, his central vision point has changed so it will require Jake to redo his glasses and vision prescription.  This does help answer why Jake was asking for his glasses but then immediately wanting to take them off.  One new issue is waiting for probably a month for swelling to go down so that we can ensure he has the correct prescription going forward.

Then the pain management team dropped by and unfortunately the meds are the challenge we have to overcome to be released.  We did review the options but to properly wean Jake off all of his heavy duty meds and ensure no withdrawal from them, we have to give it till Monday before we can discharge. We are on a cut down schedule and even when we leave we will continue with the pain medicine protocol till the following Monday which will then mark the day Jake is no longer on any pain medicine.  We had hoped to be able to discharge over the weekend but we would rather know Jake is more likely to succeed at home then discharge too early and have a new issue pop up.

Jake as been in great spirits and he had a really nice visit with Luke and Olivia.  We spent time in the playroom where they played the Wii, painted pictures and played with toys.  Then, we even brought Jake downstairs to hang outside for a short while. The rest of the day was filled with Jake fans swinging by.

Jake is starting to eat more and he is showing all signs of resuming regular activities like the going to the bathroom.  Now, it's just a countdown to release as long as no new medicine issues pop up.

Jake was quite pleased the Dodgers won today and he kept asking me to check the scores as well as he enjoyed watching the Olympics.  The upward swing is such a nice place to be so much so that we can tolerate the discharge delay without getting too down.