Happy Valentines Day

Well, as predicted on Friday, they took Thomas off of the Si-Pap and put Thomas back on the ventilator. An exhausted Thomas barely opened his eyes all day Friday and Saturday. Upon further examination, the doctor found that his right lung was partially collapsed, which most likely contributed to his struggles breathing on his own.

I'm happy to report that keeping him on his left side and some percussion treatment has taken care of the lung issue and Thomas is doing very well lon the ventilator. The settings are very low, very little pressure at all.

Thomas is also getting back to feisty level. Last night he showed great strength, although some short-sightedness, by pulling out his feeding tube. Kind of a cool trick that makes me proud. The feeding tube is back in place and secured a little more to hinder a repeat performance. His weight was up to over 2 pounds, but probably due to the stress of Friday, he's lost just a little weight and sits at around 1 pound 15 ounces.

After several days of forced exile due to the plague, it was nice to finally get back to see Thomas. He's really filling in and looking healthy. Its getting especially tough for Rebecca not to have Thomas at home. She's probably made the mistake of using this photo as her screen saver. When its blown up on a 19" screen, it really gets you. I keep trying to explain that in 18 years you'll want him gone as much as you want him here, but its a tough sale.

Between the ventilator issues and us wanting to make sure that Rebecca didn't catch my kooties, Rebecca hasn't got to hold Thomas much. So she will today and hopefuly I will tomorrow.

On a final note, thank you to those of you who have suggested that I should write a book. Its very flattering, but I'm not sure that periodic quips on a blog would translate to a hard back. But, I am more than willing to take pre-orders, should I ever write a book. Just send $24.95 to me, $26.95 if you're in Canada.