Sorry that it’s been several days without an update… I know you won’t believe it but we’ve been pretty busy. This having a kid thing is pretty time consuming. Who knew? Let’s see… Evan sleeps really well. So far the nights have been pretty good, he’s been sleeping for 6+ hours at night but we […]

The short of it: Evan had a seizure early this morning and several more throughout the day.  They are the result of a stroke he had some time ago but not sure when.  He is comfortable, sleeping, and stable.  His brain activity is being monitored continuously for 24-48 hours.  He is NPO again (removed from […]

Being in general care is pretty nice.  The room is a typical hospital set-up; 2 beds in the room separated by a curtain running down the middle.  There is also a couch that can be used for a bed, meaning Evan would be able to have an overnight visitor.  I elected to stay overnight with […]

A little bit of catch up is in order… my apologies.  Yesterday Evan came off of the ventilator around noon.  He had completed his sprints beautifully and came off it without any problems.  He thrashed around a little bit so the nurses gave him some dexamethasone to reduce some swelling in his throat.  He was […]

It’s been a day and a half since Evan’s pacemaker was put in and he’s doing fairly well. A doctor came by this morning and “plugged into” the pacemaker to check everything out and said it was working great. There is a sensor that you hold up to the skin near the pacemaker and it […]

  I mentioned in yesterday’s post that his surgery was scheduled for 11:30AM today. The surgeon performing the operation is still working on the 1st case of the day so ours is being delayed. Sarah and I are hanging out with Evan waiting to hear when they are going to take him down. Evan has […]

One of the cardiologists came to see us this morning. She wanted to give us a heads up that the surgeon, cardiologists, and electrophysiologists are in agreement that the pacemaker should be done before Evan goes home. He’s scheduled to go back to the OR tomorrow at around 11:30AM. Normally pacemakers go in a persons […]

This morning Evan had a chest x-ray and everything looks great.  He still has a wet-sounding cough occasionally but it must be residual congestion and is not indicative of any illness.  Good news. Evan also had another EKG and visit from his electrophysiologist.  They had originally turned his pacemaker down to 80, but Evan was […]

The past few days have been a little rougher for us. Both Bill and I are beginning to feel the strain of doing this routine over and over.  It’s not like we haven’t been enormously blessed and have had such a smooth experience thus far, but we are entering a lull and need to get […]

Evan continues to make steady progress and has been showing signs that his body is turning a corner, giving the doctors a lot of optimism in his recovery. – He is continuing to be weaned from various blood pressure medications.  The nurses continued to dial down his epinephrine dosing to reach the level his doctors […]