Full of fluid

Once he was settled, Bridger had a good night. We went out to dinner with Thom, Denise, Keller, and Becket and when we left, Bridger was quite content. When we returned he was having a fit. I'm not sure if he just worked himself up to the point where he couldn't settle down or it was that was hurting. I think that it was probably a combination of both. He ended up getting some Morphine and Tylenol with codeine and he settled down. I slept in his room last night and we actually both got a decent night sleep.
His chest Xray this morning showed an increase in the pleural effusion- fluid around his right lung. He is still very puffy- looks much chunkier than he actually is- so they are being more aggressive with the diuretics today. He is back on the high flow oxygen to help decrease his work of breathing. We are hopeful that the diuretics work, otherwise they may need to put a chest tube in to drain the fluid from the pleural space. They stopped his Nitroglycerin drip this morning but then noticed that his EKG showed ST segment changes again, so he is back on the drip.
The good news is that he hasn't needed any narcotics today. He sat in my lap for over an hour, very calm and alert, playing with his froggie toy. I even got a quick, little smile out of him. I can tell that he is uncomfortable from being so full of fluid but he doesn't seem to be in pain. He is not nursing too well but hopefully when some of the fluid is diuresed he will do better.
They tell me that this is pretty typical for the post-operative course and we can hopefully expect things to improve over the next day or so.
It seems like there has been several emergencies with other babies today and several sterile procedures. We are holed up in the room while they do their thing.
Hopefully we will have good news to report later on!