Pray for Pee and Pain Mgmt.

Last night was a very long night. Evan has been doing great and heart wise he is looking wonderful. He has not had anything to eat but had been taking drinks well. We started trying to get him to pee and he was refusing but... we knew from his recent cath. that, the first pee after having your urine cath. removed is tough. We really worked and worked with him as the Dr. and nurses seemed concerned. We got him out of bed for the first time and to the bathroom and worked and worked with water running, dipping his fingers in warm water, etc. and nothing. They said that they needed to cath. him again and relieve his bladder and they would remove it and hopefully he would begin to pee on his own. They did try to cath. him and they could not get it in. We tried on our own again to no prevail. They came in around midnight and tried a 2nd time and had no success. We ended up calling our Dr. and they said to leave him alone for the night and that they would be here early to access it. The Dr.'s came in early this morning and heart wise things are looking good. They put orders in for his chest tubes (all 4) to be removed and his pacer wires. The Dr. said that otherwise the concern is his bladder and that it was so full there was a risk of it bursting. They called in a urologist and began looking back through his file on all the other times he has had a urine cath. and everytime it was written that there was resistance on getting the cath. in. The urologist believes Evan has a narrowed uretha and that it has been aggervated by the original cath. and further aggervated by the 2 cath.s last night. They prescribed him a med. that is usually for a urinary track inf. and they said that this should help relieve his bladder and allow him to pee. He did pee a tiny bit this morning to avoid a cath. which would cause more problems but... it is not enough and we need more pee within the hour. They said that not only is his bladder full but he is trying to pee and push past that narrowing and then he is also trying to push through the regular burn of the first pee after a cath. Pray for pee and for his pain to be minimal. The pacer wires and chest tubes pulled all at once was enough pain, besides this. Despite all the pain he is finally today beginning to talk and even a few smiles. Pray for the pain to decrease so he is able to pee. I'll try to update later.