On Morphine

It's great to see Andrew moving and active, especially to see his eyes open, but they have to be really careful not to let him get too rambunctious. He could catch an IV with his waving arms, wriggle so much that the ECMO is affected, or (worst case) grab the ECMO tubes and pull.

When he gets too active, the nurses have to give him Ativan and/or morphine, which puts him to sleep pretty quickly. There's a fine line between "OK movement" and "too much movement," and though I tell him to be calm so they don't have to drug him, he's not the most well-behaved baby. I had to scold him the other day. :)

Right now he's sleeping because he was trying to play soccer and they had to drug him.