THIS IS GOING TOO WELL, AM I DREAMING?

Hey, I have more good news to report. Colby sat up today! Not only did he sit up, he sat up for half an hour, in his power chair, and his oxygen didn't drop and his heart rate didn't go up. Oh goodness, do you know how long it's been since we've been able to say that? Yay trach! I just can't wait to let him start driving his chair again, well, trying to drive it I should say. Can't wait to take him outside in the sunshine for this beautiful weather we're having. They have a garden area off the TCC that's really nice. Colby slept for 11 hours last night. Holy crap, he was one sleepy boy. Do you know the last time he did that, too? Maybe never haha. That was probably the 1st good night's sleep he's had in a week.

That's news enough really. I'm thrilled with how well he's doing. Colby had 2 nurses today, 1 was fresh out of nursing school and has to be monitored by another one with experience. So the more experienced nurse had lots of time to do more trach training with me. I'm getting my checklist completed as soon as possible so we can get the hell out of here as soon as possible. The ex is coming up Sunday morning to do his 1st trach change. Mom went home for a couple of days, so Dad will be hanging out with us for a while. Tomorrow we're going to try some windows with Colby, we haven't done that yet. Meaning take him off the vent and see how he does with no pressure support. I'm nervous about that, but it is what it is and we'll deal with it as it goes along. They also tried to measure Colby for a PMV (Passy-Muir valve) today but Colby didn't cooperate. He kept holding his breath each time they put it on and they couldn't get an accurate measure of the pressure he would need to use one. A PMV will help Colby move air properly so he can get his jabbering back. We'll just try that again soon too I guess.

Think I'll go sit outside for a few minutes, then head back to the hospital. I'm at Ronnie Donnie just long enough to blog. Gonna head back to sweet Colby boy and let Dad come over here and stay the night. Later, taters.