Surgery Tues. APRIL 13, 2010

The doctors decided that they would go ahead with the surgery today since they would have to wait till Thursday. He is out of surgery and they have been told that all went well. He is in recovery and they should be able to see him in 10-20 min. I will have an update after they have been able to see him and talk more with the medical staff.

They are in with him now. Everything seems to be going well.

Cute liettle boy!

He is out of surgery and back in his room. As soon as Becky was at his bedside he looked up at her and gave her a big smile. He is still a bit woozy and they will keep him sedated, but not paralyzed like before. The trachea tube is into and tied around the neck, will be able to move around and look side to side but be a little drunk. Friday morning they will do the first trachea tube change. From that point on Chad and Becky will do it themselves. He is still on the ventilator and will they will try weaning him off soon. The body will put a lot of mucus out because of the surgery. There will be a lot of suctioning for the next few months. They will try to get him off ventilator in the next few days. He can cough now and that brings a lot of mucus up. The flu and pneumonia bugs are making a lot of mucus as well and they were able to suck a lot of stuff out of his lungs during the surgery so that makes things a lot better for him. He is still on antibiotics. They have not talked about when they would do a swallow test yet. Their four days of care classes will start tomorrow and go from 12-2 tomorrow, then 10-12 for the following three days and they will learn more about swallow studies, how to care for Blake, etc. A discharge nurse talked to them today and said they are working on dealing with Ely to have everything hooked up for them when they head to Ely.

Blake's parents are so happy to be on a road to recovery. Chad said that he and Becky are "Pretty crappin excited!" Blake is awake enough that knows that his folks are there with him. He will be in the PICU for three to five days, but it is too soon to predict when he would be released. They will not be able to hold him till Friday.