gas pains

poor boy's large intestine is filled with air. you can practically watch his stomach rise. it makes him really uncomfortable at times. but it's really great to hear him fart and make all those noises, because you just gotta know that it's making him feel a whole lot better. i hope.

supposedly the tube's coming out on tuesday if all goes well. i guess he's mostly been breathing all on his own today, but at some point he musta took a break as the machine did most of the work for a spell. the staff figures isaac got a little tired.

they've taken him off of the versed and fentanyl. at least the iv drips are done. isaac is still receiving doses here and there if he shows signs of withdrawals. and he's on the ativan (which replaces the versed) and methadone (replacing the fentanyl). these drugs don't make him high like the others but it binds to the same receptors as the others do -- this is to satisfy his body's dependence on those former drugs. and for the next 11 days or so they wean the new drugs. and then he should be done with all that.

he laughs readily except when his abdomen becomes uncomfortably taut with air. then he cries. poor boy. his movements are still abit jerky but he's grabbing onto objects now.

robert has found juggling and dropping the objects onto the floor and crying outloud "oops!" to cause isaac to laugh lots and lots. we like a laughing isaac. oh yeah.... isaac means Laughter.

as per usual... i'm quite proud of that little boy!!