PROGRESS? YES, I THINK SO

Yesterday, Easter, was a very quiet day for us. We didn't make any changes to Colby's vent. The only change we made to his treatment plan was adding 15 minutes of postural drainage after cough treatments. In other words, we tilted Colby's bed back with his head pointing down, thinking it would move the fluid that is stuck in his right lower lobe up enough where we could CoughAssist and suction it out. Colby tolerated it very well, and honestly, I think it is helping. It certainly hasn't hurt him any. My only personal goal for the day was not to cry, have a meltdown or pity party, etc. I'm quite proud to say I was successful haha. Just tried to suck it up and tell myself this is where we need to be right now. It's what is best for sweet Colby boy. Colby had decorated some plastic eggs with stickers so we handed those out. Colby received Easter baskets from both Cincy Children's and Ronald McDonald House. My brother came over last night and brought us tons of Easter dinner leftovers (his deviled eggs were almost as good as mine, ALMOST) and Easter cards and candy for all of us. So the day was uneventful, we had visitors, Colby got presents and I got leftovers. Not too shabby of a day after all I suppose.

Today's x-ray showed that Colby's pneumothorax is getting better. Well enough that they began the process of rescheduling his surgeries (port placement and teeth pulling). Colby is on the add-on list for surgery tomorrow! Yikes. Anesthesia came and talked to me today and I signed the consent forms. I've had several more days to prepare for the fact that Colby is undergoing general anesthesia, but I'm still a nervous wreck. The pleural effusion is being quite stubborn, only a little better. Going to try Lasix again and try to get it to dry up. If not, we'll have to get more aggressive and probably insert ANOTHER chest tube in that area. Yeah, because 1 chest tube at a time just isn't enough apparently. (Come on Lasix, please, please, pretty please work).

We had a visitor today. Yay! Our friend Amber came to visit, bringing Colby yet another Easter basket, making his total 4 for the weekend. And YES, he deserves every bit of gifts and spoiling he gets. She stayed a good while and it was great having company. Really helps break up the monotony of the day. She got Colby some cool stuff and she brought me 3 Reese's pb eggs. Woot woot.

Guess that's about it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll just update my blog again. I don't have a time for Colby's surgeries because he is an add-on. But I'll update as soon as I know something. I know there are tons of family and friends, heck even friends of friends and probably strangers, who love us and pray for us. THANK YOU so much. I absolutely believe in positive thoughts and prayer. I've been telling Colby about his procedures and telling him how much he's loved and thought about every day. Here's to thinking these surgeries will go off without any problems or complications. UNEVENTFUL please and thank you, just how we like it.