Saturday, September 3, 2011

MORE SLOW AND STEADY

Surprise! I'm able to update tonight. My brother is here staying with us and he brought his laptop, so of course I wanted to send the latest Colby news. Today has been good, UNEVENTFUL as a matter of fact. Colby has had a great day. We've been able to wean down his oxygen quite a bit and I'm sure his RT will have him weaned to room air by tomorrow morning. Also turned down his settings a little on his bi-pap. Yeah, doesn't this all sound too familiar? We're doing the exact thing we did the 1st time getting him ready for extubation. But that's the drill so we'll do it. His fever is gone, his blood pressure has been stable, both pluses. His "spit sample" grew cultures that were resistant to the antibiotic he was on, so we've changed that. I think finally, after how many stinkin' cough treatments, his secretions are starting to lessen. They've been clear and thin for days but just tons of secretions, especially oral. I was thinking it was because he had a tube down his throat and of course that's some of it, but I'm now also thinking it was the infection brewing. His chest x-ray looked much better than after yesterday's extubation fiasco. So he's back on the right track. Hang in there Colby! You can do it! You've got tons of love, prayers and support on your side. Hang tough my sweet boy.

I've had a good day too. My poor mama was so tired this morning. She's going home for a couple of days and I know she needs it badly. She needs to see her hubbie, sleep in her own bed and get rested. Dad will be here in the morning. It's great having Tony here. Seems we never get to spend time together just bro and sis. We're watching the Oregon/LSU game. But I've got news for him, after this blogging is done, my butt's headed to bed. We had visitors today, love it love it. My friends Theresa and Kim came up. Awesomeness. Theresa and I hit the cafeteria while Mom was still here and had lunch. Then Kim brought up a movie and KFC. So help me, if I go down there tomorrow to that parent room and my chicken is gone, I will go room to room in this PICU and find the SOB who stole it. They will pay dearly! You don't F with Mama's food if you know what's good for you haha.

So that's the scoop. Looking forward to my visitors tomorrow too. I keep forgetting Monday is a holiday. Heck, I'm having a hard enough time realizing it's September. Long hospital stays tend to do that to a person. Night folks.

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