Lots to report

Sorry it has been so long since i have gotten to the blog. there has been a lot going on and some very long days. since we last chatted Chris is doing much better with breathing alone. as of today he still has the trake in but during most of the day is breathing humidified,non asisted room air and has minimal asist at night. on his trake they change the inner cannula daily for cleanliness. mon the 26 the dr put in a pig tail chest tube on his left lung. this time it was a very small numothorax. the tube is actually on the front of his chest instead of the side of his chest. the pig tail tube is also much smaller than the standard tube he has in his right lung.the dr is hoping to have Chris brathing completely unasisted in a few days.
the physical therapy people have been in every day to work with Chris they have been doing a great job. they have some amazing equipment and people. they hope in a few days to have Chris standing.Chris has been working hard everyday to get his strength back.
The dr has talked about the possibility of changing some things and giving Chris the ability to speak soon. i will let you know more as soon as possible.
we are in a different room now, but still in ICU. the plus to this new room is i can get internet in this new room. Chris has good movement on his left side, right leg, and head, but his right arm is still a bit fussy, but doing better daily. the kids come in to see daddy daily. it is so cute, bailey is so concearned about daddy and connor is just happy to play with the things in the room.
Chris is frustrated latley becuase he wants to get up and go home right now. he will soon enough, he is taking several steps in his recovery journey every day. As a way to put things in perspective Brad said it could be compareable to takeing 10,000 steps from start to finish and every day he takes several more steps. for me it helps to think of it this way. the other thing that helps is that chris and i arranged a time schedule for us so i can be there for him and the kids to the best of my abilities.
last week seemed to have the best and worst in it. in one day my jeep broke down and i had to have it towed, the same day the suburban broke down. the good was going to church and the kids had a blast and each kid won a goldfish.The jeep is repaired now though, thank you Mike B.
through all of this i have also made a choice with the support of chris to try and get into nursing school to become an RN. it is something that has been suggested to me and inspired by some of the ICU nurses, as well as some of the doctors.
This whole ICU thing has been a real rollercoaster ride with a severe learning curve.There is a lot of positive in there too.

Sarah & Mario-Congrats, and glad your feeling better.

Mike B.-THANK YOU

Girls-THANK YOU

Uncle Jack-No more ladders.


Talk soon
Amanda