Archie is doing well and as you can see he’s been extubated for a day or two now. He has been in a bit of pain what with the jaw stuff coming off again, so he’s got some meds for that and also probably as a consequence of that he didn’t fully cooperate with a swallow study yesterday. Slow but steady progress is the order of the day. For the moment he still has the NG tube in, but should be bottle feeding soon.
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Pre-op pic
Here’s Archie chilling in a new onesie. He’s pretty good at getting the “mittens” off and loves to pull on his tubes. After the op he is now sporting something like a large rigid armband over one elbow to stop him doing that.
Archie’s progress
This morning was the last turn of the screws. They have reached the predetermined end of their travel. Archie’s scheduled to have the hardware removed on Tuesday. It’s made a huge difference to his jaw, as you can see from this photo taken a couple of days ago. Otherwise everything…
Op is tomorrow
Archie’s mandibular distraction is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at 12.30 PST. Should take a couple of hours. Here’s hoping for a great outcome and recovery.
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*cheers*
He looks marvelous. 🙂 He really does.