Today was the second day after surgery. Nothing has really changed since yesterday as far as where Mason is and what they are doing. He does have a fever now so they had to add some meds and they just turned the cooling blanket down to 29.6 degrees Celsius to see if that would help bring it down. If it his temperature continues to stay elevated the next step they will do is put ice on his head and body to try to cool him down that way along with the meds and cooling blanket. It is a minute to minute balancing act. Since he now has the fever there is no talk in moving forward on trying to wake him up. Dr. Emani said it could be days, depending on what his temperature does, before they even start talking about it. For the most part his numbers have been stable today, minus a few times where they went high, so that is a great thing. Mason's nurses love him, especially his hair. I wish they could meet his personality, they would love him even more! Today reality hit in for me. They have told us the whole time this will be a long recovery, plan on being in Boston for 8-12 weeks, stuff like that. I have told people that but today I realized that is likely a reality. Mason is in the best hands possible though so it is worth it. Although we aren't moving forward, and Mason has a fever he hasn't had any major set backs so that is what is most important. His body and heart is getting the rest that they need for optimum healing which will be beneficial when he does wake up. So for now we still just wait.
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