"The Floor"

We have moved in with Isaac...to the 15th floor at least. He has been moved to his own private room, and looking so good. This is a step closer to getting to take him home (to the apartment). A week and a half post-transplant and we can't believe that he is not in ICU anymore. He was extubated just two days ago and most of all his tubes and lines were taken out yesterday. He's got a central line (IV line), nasal cannula and of course his breathing tube. Since he was extubated, he's been trying to cry and we can't hear him. They tested his vocal cords and found that there is partial paralysis. It'll take awhile to heal but that in turn causes him to be here longer to be able to learn how to eat again. He can't start learning how to eat until his vocal cords get stronger. So, they'll slowly start to work with him on non-nutritive sucking to get him to remember how to eat. Other than working on getting just the right dosages on his transplant meds, the doctors' main goal is to get him to start eating on his own again. We really hope that he does, because if not, he'll have to have another surgery to get a g-tube in place. Let's pray he learns to eat. Other than that, we will just take it day by day.

This is already a busy week. When we heard that they wanted to move Isaac down to the floor, we had to get busy packing to move up here, and also had to start packing up some stuff to move to another apartment. We'll be moving to a 2-bedroom this Friday, or rather Ernest will probably be finishing up the packing on his own. We'll have Bryan helping him transport from apartment to apartment. Whew...so glad we know at least one person here. On another note though, my mother-in-law will be bringing Isaac's crib and also might be bringing Eli. We can't wait to see him again! Soon, we'll all be able to "live" at our apartment all together again.

So, not much else to report, except that Isaac can finally get dressed up in his many clothes that he's almost outgrown. We gotta change him almost every few hours to get good usage out of all the clothes. Poor Isaac!!! He's momma's babydoll!