Over the weekend Davin had a lot of changes. He started to be awake more, which meant that the nurses wanted him to get up and walk more. He really didn't like getting up and moving and still wasn't wearing anything but the hospital gown top. He still had his cathater and didn't feel like getting dressed at all. Chad was the one who got Davin to move the most. I don't know how he did it but he would talk to him and motivate him to move when no one else could get him to do anything. He had a hard time walking and wasn't putting much weight on one of his legs. We ended up getting an ultrasound of his leg to make sure there weren't any blood clots and drainage in his hip that would make it hard for him to walk.
Davin's tummy also started to get really distended and he had a lot of gas build up after the surgery which wasn't going away very well because he wasn't moving very much. So after they had given him the ok to eat whatever he wanted on friday night the surgical team decided to put him back on the no liquid no food diet again. He didn't have much of an appetite so it wasn't that big of a deal for him but it is hard not to be able to give him a drink of water when he wants one.
On Friday Liam was able to come up to the hospital to see his brother for the first time. He was really happy to see Davin and loved running around the hospital looking at all the fish on the walls and floors and riding in the cars. He even got to eat some mac and cheese in the cafe while he was there. He also got to come up on Sunday when Davin was feeling a little better and moving around more. The boys both got cars and we went for walks up and down the halls and they even went outside on the balcony for a little bit. The boys loved being able to play with each other for a little and Davin ended up being really tired after all of his visitors left and slept most of the evening.
On Sunday Davin was able to accomplish a lot of goals. They were able to remove his cathater and he was able to go potty by himself. Because of the enlarged bladder they did ultrasounds of his bladder after he would go to see how well he was emptying it. The first time they did it he had emptied everything and we were really hopefull that he wouldn't have any problems with his bladder. The next few times weren't as good and the urologist was thinking that we were going to have to give Davin a cathater at home three times a day to make sure he was emptying all the way. If he was emptying then we could start dropping it down to two times a day and then one. And hopefully his bladder would just return to the normal size and work how it should.
Davin was starting to move a lot more and was acting a lot better and we are hoping that we will be able to go home Tuesday or Wednesday. Yay!
