Day 10 June 14, 2009

We did not get much sleep last night.  His breathing was way off.  He had another xray at 1:00 am and it was the same.  Still had fever all night. He had to wake up every hour to use this breathing apparatus.  He started a new antibiotic that runs over 24 hours.  They are still monitoring his output because they can hear fluid in his lungs and his feet and face get puffy. We changed the one med, switched to another and then added the original one and that seemed to work so far.  He is tired today and still has a fever but the dr this morning said his numbers are good. 

Last week feels like a blur to me.  I keep hearing from the nurses how bad he really was and then I get upset.  You are almost too scared when you are going through this alone and you have to be sane to keep up the things that are happening right before your eyes and happening to your son.  He is really amazing.  Today he wanted me to rub his hands and pull his fingers.  Guess they were cramping.  I said "you good?"  He answers "I am hanging in."  It breaks my heart.  But he is doing a great job.  He said in the chair today, he breathes in the tube and coughs but he does it.  He takes his medicine and is cooperative for the most part.  

It was week from hell and I am glad it is behind us.