Saturday - Post Op Day 5

- 6am - Good morning family and friends! It's been a long morning already since our lil man decided to start it at 4am. Looks like it's going to be a two or three Pepsi day for this mama! Magnus had another uneventful night with an early morning chest xray at 4:30am. We are waiting to hear the results. In the mean time, his heart rhythm is back in sinus (regular) and not junctional! We have high hopes to get his chest tube out today which causes him a lot of pain. It has been in place to drain any fluid out of his lungs. Please say a prayer for it to be removed. It would make him so much more comfortable! We're also anxiously waiting to be moved out of the CICU. We had such a special time together as we said goodbye to Daddy last night. There were lots of smiles and even some dancing in bed! This sweet boy adores his daddy!

Flashlight fun in the dark

Thank you St. Michael and Magnus's guardian angel for protecting him thus far

Look at the way he looks at his daddy

One last fist bump...

And one last kiss

- 7am - Ok prayer warriors. It's time to storm heaven, not for us right now but for another little one. There are so many children here, so so many broken hearts. Specifically, I am asking you to pray for a beautiful baby boy, Ethan, and his parents. We have fervently been praying for them since Monday morning when we became fast friends while waiting for surgery. Ethan is a sweet almost-2 year old who also had open heart surgery and hasn't been extubated yet. He is taking his time as he has been very sleepy. His parents are such wonderful people and they need their son back in their arms. You would all adore them and lovingly welcome them into our community. Please lift them up, I'm begging you.

- 12:30pm - What a morning! Magnus's friend, Ethan, is opening up his eyes more. We hope he gets extubated and over to the cardiac floor with us soon! Thank you for your prayers! Magsy had some big events including the removal of his chest tube, an IV port and other dressings! He was treated to a spa shampoo and sponge bath.  He also took another spin in the go-kart and is relaxing with Snow White right now. We're passing time for just a bit because we are moving out of the CICU!! He took the most adorable photo fist bumping his nurse but she requested that I not post it. Ask me to see it on my phone some time, it's frameable! :)

Some more leg-crossin' chillin'

Not feeling the shampoo but makes such a cute chef!

Cruisin' in the CICU, lookin' for chicks!

Chest tube and dressing removal = dance party!

- 6:30pm - We have moved over to the OTHER coveted side! Our digs aren't as great but we're not going to complain. We're happy to be out of the scary unit! We're sharing a room with a sweet 2 year old girl who is set to leave on Monday. Maybe we'll slide over to the window position! Mags is doing great and thinks he can do more than he can. We went on a little car ride and he tried to get in and out several times. Nice try little buddy! He took one step and stood on his own for a bit. Now he's resting and a little out of breath. That's enough excitement for the day. Tomorrow, we're going outside to the garden - WOOHOO!!!