Dana and I are sitting in PICU with Chloe now. She is heavily sedated due to the fact that they did give her a trach today. When they scoped her to take a look we have some movement on the right side cords. The left side, the tumor side, is still asleep. The trach will make it much easier on Chloe in the meantime.<\/p>\n
The doctor told us that she is able to breath on her own, however, for awhile the ventilator will remain hooked up. She knocked if off her trach a few minutes ago and I was able to easily replace it to the opening. I\u2019ve done this before\u2026<\/p>\n
What we know is that Chloe is healing at, what I consider, a pretty fast pace. She went from not being able to move her right side, open her eyes, breath on her own, or keep her eyes steady, to, in a week, being quite strong on her right side, able to open her eyes and focus, and breath on her own. Now we have some movement in her vocal cords which is what we need next. That will allow her to speak, sing, swallow and eat. I\u2019m making the prediction of one week or less!! Believe that with me okay?<\/p>\n
Dr. Peter Scott came to get Chloe about 10:15 and we were back to the room by 11:30. Dr. Cullyer did the trach and was happy with the results. He will also be the one to monitor the vocal cords and can do so without bringing her back to the OR. While she was there \u201cSwan\u201d placed a pic line, which means IV lines get pulled. This will make blood draws and infusions of any kind much easier on Chloe.<\/p>\n
Sandy and Dana are holding up better than most would under these conditions. They are living in the PICU and the \u201cQuiet Room\u201d with the other parents. That means little sleep and no idea of the time of day, what day it is or if they\u2019ve eaten or not. There is a shower down the hall. Sort of like dorm living only worse\u2026. No Parties!<\/p>\n
I take that back, we just had a pizza party thanks to the Candle Lighters, an organization that helps kids who are in this kind of trouble. There are so many of these great groups around. It\u2019s nice to know there are so manhy people to help support them as well. We hope to be in a position to contribute in the future.<\/p>\n
We are having some picture problems, but as soon as I can figure it out I\u2019ll have them posted for you.<\/p>\n
Blessings,
\nRon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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