Today has been a very long day.I am feeling exhausted both mentally and physically. I know that I will be in Seattle for quite a bit longer than originally thought and it is TOO soon to start feeling this way. Please pray that I get out of this "funk" soon. *sigh*
I am looking forward to tomorrow as Shyla and Trevor will be here! :) My dad and I have had a great (fast) week. I can't believe that it is already over. We moved over the the larger RMcD House today. Nice blessing that we were able to get over here before the weekend. I do like the people interaction over here, so many more kids. :)
Joshua~what an awesome boy! Because of conference calls, work and then the move I didn't get over there until just before supper. We were pleasantly surprised to go and he was bright eyed and very happy to see me. He had happy legs kicking all over the place and some real good smiles too! So refreshing to see him a little perkier. Of course, it is not good for him to get real excited, so we enjoyed him for about 20 minutes and then had to dope him up again. He was switched from morphine to delaudid today because he is building up a tolerance to the morphine and his doses were getting a little large. The change seemed to help as he drifted right off to sleep. Tonight when I went up there you could see that he was comfortable but not so out of it that he could still suck and rub his silky blanket with his fingers.
Dr Baden came in and talked to me this evening. He said that the surgeons just want to make sure that his lungs are optimal before they do the surgery. He thinks that it will happen some time next week. Very good news as that gets us one step closer to home! He also said that because they want him off the nitrogen oxide he is going to start him on a new drug that does the same thing. He said "I am sure that you have heard of it. It is a common drug called Viagra." And with a smile he quickly followed with, "and I can assure you it will only have an effect on his lungs." His face was absolutely priceless when I, without skipping a beat, said "so no 6 hour erections for the little fella, huh?" :) AHHH the humor of the ICU. (Later at supper my dad was thinking about my response to the doctor and busted up laughing. For those of you who know my dad, it was one of those red faced good hearty laughs! Awesome.)
Well I suppose, off to bed for me. I hope you all have a super day.
Leah
