Let the poop begin!

Last night (Sunday night) around 9:00pm Keyan pooped..... And the he pooped at 10:30, and at 12:00, 2:00, 3:00....you get the picture. This is really exciting because it means that Keyans bowels are starting to work, no obstruction! Keyan is feeling well enough to talk a bit and he is moving around better. If this progress continues they will pull the NG tube and maybe the epidural. It will be good for Keyan to have less tubes and wires. We counted them and found that he has 14 tubes and wires attached to him...crazy.
UPDATE
One of Keyan's doctors came in expressed concerns about a possible hernia so we had to have an x-Ray and ultrasound done along with some blood work to check his levels. They also talked to us about placing a PIC line to feed him nutrition. All of these happenings made us both upset. Soon after, we spoke with Dr. Mitchell, our surgeon, and he let us know that Keyan does not have a hernia and that the NG tube can come out.....within 5 minutes, the tube was out and Keyan was very very happy!!! We will be slowly introducing water to see if Keyan can tolerate it. The epidural was also pulled, yahoo!


Let' s hope that this is the start of something good and that Keyan continues to improve and heal.