What does it look like?

What does it look like to have your child return from open heart surgery? 

When we saw Santiago for the first time yesterday, post-op, this is what we saw:

his chest was closed

Extubated (breathing tube out)

he was on 5 liters of oxygen 

Central line in his neck

IV in one hand and one foot

Arterial line in his groin measuring blood pressure 

Urine catheter 

Medial chest tube and right side chest tube draining fluid

Pulse oximeter on his finger reading the oxygen saturation in his blood

leads and wires measuring his heart rate, respiratory rate, etc

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