Sunday afternoon Evan was moved from the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) to the regular Pediatric Floor where they handle the less acute patients with a higher nurse to patient ratio. While we were not happy about leaving the comfort and familiar surroundings of the PICU, we were lucky enough to be placed in a large private room and directly across from the nursing station.
Because the Peds nurses were not as familiar with Evan and having more patients to take care of, Evan was given more frequent doeses of the chloral hydrate to put him to sleep quickly overnight Sunday.  This resulted in him sleeping for the better part of 15 hours.  He finally woke up around 1pm on Monday and wasn’t very happy for the next 5+ hours.  He was very tense and agitated and constantly swiping at the feeding tube in his nose with his left hand.  At one point successfully pulling it out about 8 inches!  I guess it’s positive that his brain is working well enough to understand where the discomfort was coming from and how to deal with it.  They also made a few other adjustments to his meds, changed the type of formula (the new one is Kosher and won a Chef’s Best Taste Award!).

Mid-afternoon Mommy brought Alex to visit and see the new room before heading over to the family Passover Seder. I got Evan all ready too, but he had to stay here with me 🙁