As I mentioned in my last post, Presley continues to swell. His right eye is completely swollen shut, and his left is shut most of the time, but occasionally you can see a slit that he's looking out of. They are giving him oxycodone and tylenol to control his pain, with the occasional morphine when things get bad. Around 4pm they placed a catheter which will stay until they feel he is ready to pee on his own. Presley's nurses continue to be excellent, and we are blessed to have them. As it turns out, the nurse that has been here since 3pm shares a mutual friend of ours from Tallahassee. Let's play 6 degrees from Dave.
Tomorrow I'll post some more pictures of Presley. We're expecting his swelling to peak then, so the pictures might be more intense. The swelling is the bodies way of pushing fluids to the places that need the healing, so in this case, it's nothing to be concerned about. It's more of a frightening experience for him because he doesn't understand why he can't see. But it is comforting to hear our voices.
We still have no indication of when Presley might move to the normal pediatric floor. It's expected to be tomorrow, but we won't know until they tell us. We did take a walk down there and, while the rooms are shared, they appear nice and some rooms only have one patient in them. It did sadden me to walk through and see all the kids laying in hospital beds. While we don't know what they are there for, the fact that they have to spend time in a hospital has to produce some anxiety for them. While you pray for Presley, say a prayer for all the other children he'll be joining in the pediatric unit.
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