Post op Day 3

Mitchell is still in CICU, but making progress.
The biggest concern right now is his Blood Pressure; He is requiring a fairly substantial dose of BP medication every 6 hours.
His fluid balance has improved. Since Friday morning, he has been on 2-3 different diuretic medications. I just checked in, and the in-house physician fellow has discontinued 1 of the 3 as he has made progress. His oxygen saturations are adequate on a little oxygen support via nasal cannula.
His blood count had been low since Friday early afternoon related to some bleeding from 1 of his surgical sites. They did not want to transfuse him at that time; it remained low yesterday; but now that he has gotten rid of a lot of his extra fluid (which dilutes the blood), his count is back up.
Happy to see progress- less puffy, less pale; breathing more easily.
Hoping to see progress with his blood pressure.
His feedings are up to his goal of 25 cc/hr; currently a lower concentration than his usual. They have taken things slowly. Other than some occasional coughing (that they think could be related to the feeding tolerance), he has tolerated it quite well.
Thank you to everyone praying for Mitchell!