Very Tired, but Happy

Okay, so I know I have not written in a week, but we had a couple of snowstorms which meant no Internet for me. I will start with last Thursday and work my way up.

Thursday morning they put DJ's ventilator on standby to see how he would do. They did not expect him to breathe on his own for more than ten minutes, but he surprised them all and after an hour and a half they decided to bring in the ENT doc. They looked at his airway and said he could be extubated so that is what they did! He was still on quite a bit of morphine, but he was awake and looking marvelous in my opinion. They did not go in for a scope on Friday, but they did move him up to the surgical floor, which was wonderful. We had more privacy and Dallas and I were better able to spend the night with him. They weaned him off most of his meds over the weekend except for the morphine since he had surgery scheduled for Monday and he would just be put right back on it. Monday the went in and put what they call a G-tube into his stomach where he can receive his nutrition. Also they did another camera scope and placed the string from the g-tube up through the esophagus and out his nose. This will be used for his treatment later.Dr. Black said that he healing wonderfully and that he has never seen anyone with the severity of DJ's injuries heal so quickly. We were all very excited with the news. DJ, however, was not thrilled about the surgery at all and shot at his nurse with a Nerf dart gun! Tuesday was rough, but he did sleep through the night Tuesday night which made Wednesday much better. Dallas and I had alot of training for the G-tube so that we would be able to feed and medicate him ourselves which will come in handy since we were able to bring him home today!!!! That is right! We have our very own cranky three year old sitting in the living room! He will have to go back to Primary Children's for treatment, but whether or not he will have to be hospitalized again is not known yet. I would just like to thank everyone for all of their prayers. Dallas and I both know that every one's faith and prayers is why he is able to come home at this time. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!