Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Brodie is Making Progress
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was good but a little untraditional. We came up to the hospital and grabbed McDonalds on the way down. We did have family bring leftovers later that night to our house after we got home so we did have some turkey. It was just important for us to be with Brodie. We have so much to be thankful for this year and wanted to share it with him. Brodie has been making progress and trying new things. They have been doing CPAP trials where they take the breaths away and just give him continual pressure and he has handled that great. They also have tried him on a trach collar where he only gets oxygen. It looks like a little oxygen mask that goes over his trach and he did great on that as well. Our goal is for him to be able to spend the better part of the day on the trach collar and the vent at night. It just isn't as restricting and not as stressful for us. The past couple of days he has had a couple of episodes but other than that he handles anything they throw at him. He didn't have a good day yesterday but a bad day these days we can handle. We are still on target for the 19th but he still needs to make some more progress. He is on the home vent that we will use at home and the home health company is coming to the house tomorrow to assess what we need and check to make sure everything works. These have been busy days and we feel like we are just hanging by a thread. I think the adrenalin is wearing off and now we are just running on fumes. When we get home there will be new challenges but we won't have to drive so much every day. Brodie took a little bit from a bottle today so maybe we can start to make some progress on that since breastfeeding is not going all that good. He looks so good these days and today he smiled and played alot. We have 20 days left and I just pray that he continues on the right track so that we can have him home for Christmas. Thanks for all of the continued prayers.
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All PRAISE AND THANKS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. So glad to hear that Brodie is progressing. It will be awesome to have your family together at home. After the past few months, it must seem like a dream come true. God has seen you through so much and He will continue to be with you in the days ahead. I have a sign on my desk, "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it". He has definately brought you to an awesome place with your precious Brodie. Praying for continued progress for Brodie and strength for you and LaVona.
That's great that Brodie is making progress! I agree with you, you have so much to be thankful for. We all do, but especially for you all this year. Brodie and you all have been through so much and it's such a miracle he is at where he's at. I'm so happy for you! Brodie is well taken care of and will be when he gets home. I can't help but imagine all of Brodie's guardian angel's over him. God has been by his side from the moment Brodie came into the world. We'll continue to pray for you all.
These days every day is Thanksgiving! McDonalds is a bit untraditional but I think having the family together was what made your tradition. Praying that Brodie will adapt to the changes and make progress with the bottle. Praying that you and LaVona will receive the help you need to carry on at home with Brodie's care. Trusting G-d to equip you with all you need each day--and that each day there are people available to help refresh and restore the energy you expend in the care of your family. May G-d give you more than enough strength, more than enough love, more than enough wisdom and more than enough rest.
2 Corinthians 9:8 G-d is able to make all grace abount to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Continuing to pray for this promise for you, Todd. May your day bless G-d xxoo Fran
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