Brief update

I just talked to Ethan's nurse and last night went much better than the night before. He was squirming around a bit and they found the sedation wasn't helping so they thought he might be itchy and gave him some Benedryl....BINGO! That was it and he settled after that. (Benedryl also has a sedation effect, so they aren't 100% sure about itching or the sedative, but either way - it worked)

He also had another blood test this morning and the results are good enough to get the epidural! It will help with his pain management and will allow them to decrease his morphine/fentanyl, which will then allow them to take out the breathing tube because the epidural won't affect his lungs, and then once the breathing tube is out the sedation can be decreased.

Off to the hospital for the day....will let you know how the epidural goes later tonight.

Thanks for reading...