Yesterday was a pretty good day for Caleb. He was able to come off of the ventilator and is breathing on his own with a little bit of extra oxygen! He did spike a high fever, so much of the day was spent trying to keep his fever down. He had spells of being quite uncomfortable, but had some restful times too. Today he's going to have his first trach change. I can't wait because his neck is so dirty! The doctors haven't let us wash it because they don't want the trach disturbed at all until the first trach change. Yesterday we learned how to suction the trach, so I practiced all day on him! I'm amazed how much can squirt out of that hole... hopefully when he gets feeling better, it won't be quite so much, or we're going to get some snazzy bibs for Caleb to wear!
The hospital is in the heart of UTE territory, so we've been having fun wearing our BYU clothes-we even put a BYU hat on Caleb so there's no doubt where we stand!! It's been funny to bond with fellow BYU fans, and to get razzed by the UTES...all in good fun! Dallan is going to sneak away from the hospital to see the game, then he'll go back to let Caleb know how it turned out!
RA RA RA-RA-RA..... Go CALEB! (and cougars, too)
2 comments:
you might want to invest in some bibs. :) that's what we had to do. they make some cute ones so stock up! so glad things are looking up. i hope that he can get over his fever soon. i bet he's excited to be home again with his brothers. go cougars!
That is such a cute picture. I love the cougar's hat! He is looking really good.
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