Fourth of July (Saturday)

Happy Fourth of July to everyone!

The nurses helped me dress Kade today in his 4th of July outfit, enjoy the picture!!We tried to watch the fireworks last night, but after the rain, the skies were too overcast. As long as the weather holds out, tonight should be a good show.

Kade had a good night, and is calm this morning. He has been off of the Versed, a sedation/pain drug, for about 12 hours now and shows a little more agitation, but is otherwise clam. He has vomited twice in that 12 hours time span, this could be from withdrawal or he has also been coughing a lot also. The Drs stopped his feeds for an hour each time, and then restarted. We will just watch him to see how he responds. To deal with withdrawal, they will be going back up on the Methadone. This whole process of weaning and withdrawal will take a while since he was on the drips for so long.

Kade's breathing has improved each day. His lungs are clear, but he just needs to get the junk out of his throat. He coughs good, but he just needs a little extra "umph" to get his throat cleared out. He continues to get breathing treatments every 4 hours, and the percussion treatment every 8.

We may get the MRI today if schedules allow. There is no rush for it, but he is pretty stable, and they will need to sedate him more for the procedure. We may as well get it while he is already a little sedated. Troy and I are not too concerned about what it may show. If it shows that there are areas of his brain that have been affected by all of this, we will deal with it when the time comes. We will not love him any less, and we will get him the treatment he needs if necessary.