for chase, part vi + carley + mary

there was good news to celebrate today for chase, carley and mary. i know that all of your thoughts and prayers got to them and helped to bring great things to each of them today.

for chaser, here is how his day progressed from morning through evening:
+++ chase had five hours of sleep and was able to breath on his own for about 4.5 hours. his lungs were cleaned out again and mom got to sleep near him the entire evening. he woke up with an elevated heart rate and rising temperature of 100.0. he seemed irritated and was packed in ice again. he tongue was swollen from biting it yesterday. the nurses determined that his irritation was from him filling his diaper (a milestone that needed to happen! yay!).
+++ x-ray results showed that his left lung had healed - yay!! his lungs were cleaned out again and his temperature was back down to 98 degrees. he was put on steroids to help with the swelling in his throat caused by the bacterial infection. he was taken off of the ventilator so that he could breathe on his own.
+++ big milestone - chase was removed off the breathing tube that had been in his throat!!:) his heartbeat was perfect and temperature was great.
+++ chaser was able to be out of his bed for 45 minutes in his mom's arms. he was completely breathing on his own too. they got to listen to a concert by a hospital therapeutic musician who gave them their own concert. so awesome!
+++ the end of the day was tougher. chase's breathing was hindered by the fluid buildup in his throat which aggravated him and caused his heart rate to increase. they were having to remove saliva and mucus every 20 minutes to relieve the build up in his throat. his temperate increased so he was given tylenol and packed in ice. they turned the room temperature down to 64 degrees to help fight the fever. his tongue was swollen and he was unable to close his mouth. his irritability is a good sign that he wants to get out of there! he was resting still and silent heading into the night.

great job today chase on new milestones. carry on little man, carry on. can't wait to see what new things you accomplish tomorrow!

for carley, she made it through surgery and is doing good. they only had to do the femoral osteotomy this time and they said it looks better than ever. the femur had tremendous growth since last year. great news - go carley!!

for mary, her scans came back clean!!! woooohooo!!! pretty sure that there isn't much better than clear scans for cancer patients. awesome news. gives me so much hope for mine.

thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers today that brought so much good to the three of them. xoxo