Colby is definitely doing better. Hooray, giddy up, 2 thumbs up, atta boy, hells yeah and way to go sweet boy. Around 4:30 yesterday they came and told me Colby's test confirmed pseudomonas. Boooo. That's on top of "a little spot" of pneumonia and "some" bronchitis. Damn, no wonder we couldn't care for him at home! So, he is currently on 3 antibiotics. Clindamycin will treat the pneumonia and also hopefully ward off any MRSA is it's lurking around. Zosyn will fix the pseudomonas, along with putting Cipro drops in his trach to help with this also. Good grief, he's bound to get better after all that!
I do see that Colby is definitely starting to improve. Thank goodness, he had me super worried. Yesterday he took a 2.5 hour nap. His body needs the rest for sure, since we've been doing cough treatments on this boy every 4 hours around the clock since September 18. Of course he didn't fall asleep last night until after midnight, the big stinker. Then he slept in late this morning. His cough treatments are going much better. We're not getting near as much "gunk" out as before, so his lungs are finally clearing up. Instead of doing cough treatments every 4 hours, we're going to try and move them to every 6 hours. He was on 30% oxygen. Yesterday we bumped it down to 28% and this morning we moved it down again to 26%. Baby steps. If he continues to improve at this rate, we'll be looking at discharge soon. I have my sights set on Friday. We'll see.
My dad has been with us since Sunday morning. My mom is driving up now and he'll be heading home for a couple of days. Can you say world's best parents/grandparents?!?! Don't know how in the world Colby and I would survive without them. I've been struggling with being sick, too. Actually I got a head cold before Colby started getting sick. Now the dry, hacking cough has been lingering on. I finally started a steroid pack yesterday, and just let me say, wheeeeeeeee, steroids! I've been up since 6:30. Our room is organized and spotless. I still have a little wheezing and a bit of a hacky cough, but can tell a big improvement. This being sick is for the birds. Going to have to make some lifestyle changes when we get back home and start taking better care of myself.
But for now, I get to eat what I want. I'm 100 miles away from home with my sick kid, stuck in a hospital room, getting over illness myself. Comfort food much needed. Let me tell you what they had in the cafeteria yesterday, a macaroni and cheese bar. Holy crapoly are you kidding me? Yummy, gooey, cheesy mac and cheese, then you could get add ins such as broccoli, chicken or BACON!! You bet your buns I had some. I at least ordered the half portion. That makes it ok, right? OMG it was so good. I could have taken a bath in it.
That's the scoop for now. Colby is on tons of drugs, doing better. I'm on steroids, doing better. And we're going to go home soon. Time to put this nasty illness behind us and move on with our lives. There is much fall decorating, Halloween costume choosing, pharmacy test studying and more fundraising to do. Time to start blogging about the fun stuff, not his old nasty hospital stay stuff. More later. Toodles.
Amen. I would love to get you all on a diffuser with OnGuard for this winter and see if we can't keep you both healthy. Continued prayers. Girls start fall break monday. So I might to come escape for while - HA! We are here if you need us. Love you!
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