Post Transplant Update

Sorry for such a long wait on an update. Isaac is still doing very well with recovery. We are just taking it day by day and not wanting to rush. We're also getting stuff packed and ready at the apartment. Because we anticipate that Isaac will be able to come home in a few weeks, we're in the process of packing up and moving to a two bedroom apartment. For one, it'll be more room to have both boys with me and two, no more cigarette smoke coming through the vents. We hated coming home to a smoky apartment. God is great and loves us so much. It just so happened that this DOWNSTAIRS 2-bedroom apartment became available right when we needed it. People were calling and inquiring about one right when we were signing the lease. Its in a much better location of the complex and has a very pretty view with a shady tree. So, while we give Isaac a chance to recover and rest, we'll be busily packing and moving getting ready for him to finally come home. After his transplant, because it took so long, he was extra puffy. So the last few days have been spent getting the extra fluid off of him, and he looks so good now. We came in this morning and his chest tubes were gone...Yay!!! 2 less tubes and closer for us to hold him again. Right now, he's got a Picc line (long term IV), an arterial line (to better check pressures), a dialysis line (for extra fluid drainage), and the breathing tube. Doctors are already doing volume support trials to get the breathing tube out this weekend. We're so happy about that. But like I said, we're not rushing. We'll be ready when he is. More pictures will be coming soon. You thought he looked good before, wait till you see him now.
Hopefully, we'll be able to take him to the apartment within the month. And when we do, it'll still almost be like being at the hospital. Isaac has to be in almost complete isolation. We even have to limit the visitation of family. For those that don't know about transplants, for the first months, Isaac has to be on medications that suppress his immune system so as to not reject his new heart. He has to away from germs as much as possible, because it will be hard for his body to fight off an infection or virus.
Eli went back home with Grandma this weekend. After two weeks, he was ready to "go back to my house. He was actually asking Grandma to come pick him up. We don't blame him. What kid would want to be at the hospital everyday? Soon enough...we'll all be able to come home.
God Bless all that pray for Isaac. Please keep praying for the donor family also. We are indebted to them. Thanks