Postop Day 1 - Morning

Pretty uneventful night last night - which is good.  Epi is still on, but starting to wean.  Pacer is off and he is in sinus rhythm at an adequate rate.  He is still puffy, but has managed to get rid of a lot of fluid thanks to diuretics, so a little better than last night.  Sedation has been decreased, so he will move a little when you touch him and tries to suck on his ET tube like a pacifier, but is very comfortable.

Plan for today is to slowly wean sedation and extubate tomorrow morning if all continues to go well.  They have been decreasing his respiratory rate and he has been triggering the vent and should hopefully start mostly breathing on his own soon.  He has also had a return of bowel sounds, so will slowly start to feed him through the NG tube today also.  Hopefully should be able to make significant strides in weaning down those pressors too.

Everything is on track so far...