Literally Bounced Back to Health: Day 14
Emmett's Beaten This RSV!
Emmett seems to know that there is no time to waste. He was sick. Very sick with RSV and it was absolutely terrifying. But now he is better and he wants to come home. He hasn't had any pain medication since the weekend. He's required almost no deep suctioning since he was extubated on Monday - and none in the last 36 hours. Yesterday he went almost six hours with no breathing support. None. And when he is receiving support, it's now on his normal home settings and with his little elephant nose mask. His lungs are clear. He's eating food normally. Well, normally for Emmett as it's by G-Tube. (Nothing by mouth. Not even water. While he's dabbed his tongue in ice cream, he's never licked a popsicle.) He's talking and chatting and laughing. He's bored out of his mind and wants stuff to do. The most fun he's had this week was when they moved his bed to another room on Monday and then again on Tuesday. That was fun because as they moved down the hallway his Daniel Tiger balloon kept bumping it's head on the ceiling. Emmett laughed at that. Of course, the nurses won't race his bed up and down the hallways the way that he would like. It was just from room A to room B and then stopped. He wanted to keep on going.
He hasn't even gotten to go up to the fifth floor to check out the outdoor patio and garden. Maybe another time - when he's at the hospital visiting someone else! And not a patient himself.
Is this the normal recovery mode from RSV? Well, so far Emmett seems to have surprised most everyone on his medical team. It's certainly surprised all of his family. But it hasn't surprised Emmett. To him, it's now just another day. He was sick and now he isn't. Time to go exploring! But not at the hospital, at home please! When he was awake, he was not ready for any photographs so his hand was up to cover his face. But I assure you that behind that hand it is actually Emmett. When will he be discharged? Not today but just maybe ... very soon.


- Current
- November 2023
- June 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- August 2022
- June 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- June 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- December 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015