NOT A LOT GOING ON, AND I'M LOVING IT

Colby and I are having a super lazy, laid back kind of day, and honestly I'm loving it. Dad came over early and picked up the van. If you remember, there are 2 things wrong with it, the lift sometimes wouldn't go down and frequently, not all the time, there's a sputtering when you're driving. Well, we've made some progress. Dad took the van to Superior and the lift is now fixed. He said the van also finally did the sputtering thing when he was driving it. So, he's going to keep it for a few days. I just keep saying, please don't be the transmission, please don't be the transmission. I don't know crap from apple butter about vehicles, but I do know transmission problems are expensive to fix. So please don't let it be the transmission! Hoping it gets fixed by Tuesday afternoon so we can go out of town for T-giving.

Mom came over earlier today and helped me give my stinky kid a bath. Colby was working on his eye gaze earlier. He kept going to the calibration page, then said Spongebob 3 times in a row, so I put it up and let him watch what he wanted. Can't believe still, after all these years, the attraction Colby has for that goofy yellow sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea! He started watching it when we were in New Jersey for Colby's g-tube surgery, March 2003, and he has never waivered from it, ever! I tried to get him to watch Toy Story today for a while, but nope, he wanted nothing to do with it.

Colby had a darn good week at school again, with the exception of one really bad oxygen drop. But it was over quickly, no trach change necessary, and he was able to stay at school the rest of the day. Just goes to show, you always have to be on your toes with an SMA kiddo. You never know when a little plug or a little chokey-choke will come along. And when it does, you'd better be ready. The nurse said Colby's oxygen got to 37 and that he was turning blue before she could get his trach cleared out with cough treatments and suctioning. But she's an excellent nurse and is diligent in her care for Colby. Actually she's probably more alert and ready for an emergency than I would be if I was with him at school. So I don't think she did anything wrong, it was just a freak thing. He's been doing great taking windows off his vent. Did one for 1 hour 15 minutes today. What a stud he is!

Well, that sums up our exciting lives, haha. I've been back on an exercise kick lately. So after Colby's IPV and cough treatment at 3:00, I'm going to do an aerobics tape. We have a nurse tonight. I have big plans to go Krogering. I think we're pretty much ready for the shelving dudes to come over on Sunday. Colby's daddy came over last night and got the biggest pieces of furniture out. Ready to get that task done and over with. Then on to van shopping we shall go! Bye for now.