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Gabe had a rough night. He has been so fussy and uncomfortable for the last couple days. Brian's sister and husband came to visit last night during his fussiness. A friend brought up a wonderful dinner as well. She had plates, plastic ware....the works. It was great. He was so irritable during that time and they gave him some Versed. After that we had about 40 minutes of "regular" Gabe. I even got a kiss! He was chatting and talking about Elmo. It was great. After that he got a good couple hours of sleep. When he woke up, he was really upset again. He was thrashing around in his bed and reaching for me to hold him. It is so difficult to not be able to hold your child when they are asking for you to. Last night was a really tough night for mommy and daddy.

Brian worked last night and reported that he didn't sleep that great. This morning, they found that he has fluid around the heart, and in the lung. They also suspect a blood clot in his leg. They just did another echo cardiogram and a Doppler on his leg. They are going to put a chest tube back in today to drain. This will put us a little farther behind in recovery and going home. We are just waiting for the doctor to come in and let us know about these last tests and the chest tube. They will sedate him and insert the chest tube right here in the room. We really appreciate your thoughts and prayers. This might be an even tougher day then surgery.