Thursday, April 2, 2009

Evening Update

Long day. Bad news just makes you grouchy. Found myself being shorter, more emotional and argumentative most of the day. Not malicious or anything, but I could tell I wasn't letting go of things that normally my laid back persona dictates I let slide. Rebecca also struggled with her emotions all day as well. Its very easy to get frustrated and despair. They tell you its a roller coaster. There's a reason why roller coaster rides last only 60 seconds in amusement parks. Too much of anything wears on you and I think we're kind of ready to move on to the lazy river for a while.

On top of that, Thomas' demand for attention ruined my April Fool's Day blog entry yesterday. Harder to acknowledge humor when the rest of the day doesn't go according to plan.

Thomas is doing well, all things considered. He's pretty wiped out, but they've gotten his setting dialed in on the ventilator to get a good CO2 mix and they've actually been able to crank them down some. Thomas is letting the ventilator do most of the work, but he's taking some breaths here and there, which is a good sign. The nurse said that he was also awake this afternoon and starting to be his old self. He also gained one more ounce. up to 4 lbs, 1 oz.

They are running some tests on him to make sure he doesn't have an infection, which may have contributed to the swelling. They went ahead and started anti-biotics as a preventive measure. The doctor says if all goes well, Thomas would be back to Si pap in a few days.

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