What a relief!

Every time Bridger gets intubated and paralyzed, we always wonder if we will ever get to see his beautiful blue eyes or his funny personality again. This time was no different, but today, they decided to give Bridger a trial off of the paralytic. I was very nervous, but he tolerated it well. The first thing he went for was opening his eyes and they are just as amazing as I remembered. He went on for about 20 minutes with kind of spastic, but not stressed movements in his arms and legs. I imagine coming off of a paralytic medicine to be like trying to get your movement back after your leg falls asleep. With all of that strange tingly, itchy sensation. I was worried that he might get stressed, but the next thing I knew, he was handing me his foot so that I could kiss it (this is one of his favorite things to have the nurses do). After that I knew my baby was back in action. He continued to play for 2 hours after that, making up for lost time I guess. I asked our nurse to give him a little sedation so that he wouldn't over do it and have to have the paralytic turned back on. Needless to say, today has so far been a great day! Bridger is already back to his old mischief, even with his breathing tube still in.