Hopkins Day Two - January 7, 2013

What does sleep do for you...well for us....a good night for all of us was much needed and we got it last night. Becca and I at home; and Brian and Ian at Hopkins. We were all asleep by 10:00 and except for Joey needing to go out, I was not up...as for Brian, except for the respiratory therapist coming in at midnight and 4:00 he was sleeping...it did all of us some good.

So Ian had a good night last night, did not need any suctioning with his therapies or wake up for cough assist in between therapies. Brian said Ian started to need the cough assist around 6:00am as well as some suctioning around then. After that, he did well. When I got to the hospital around 12:30, I was seeing a different child then the one I left last night....he was good, color was back, fever was gone, waiting for lunch and wanting to eat. He did well for lunch....salad and mac and cheese. About 30 - 40 minutes after lunch, Ian decided to make the nursing and respiratory therapists work....he seemed to have some gunk stuck and with lots of cough assist and suctioning still could not get it out...we had some desats leading to some blow bye oxygen and an extra chest PT session. After the extra chest PT session....the stuck gunk was out and Ian was breathing better...so now we are back on room air, breathing better and watching movies. We just ordered dinner....chicken tenders and salad, so will see how that goes along with how our night goes...I am hoping Ian gives me a good night like he gave Brian last night...

Thank you to all who have called, texted, checked in....we are very grateful...