5/28/10 - Day 25

Today was an early day...Patrick and I had a meeting at 10:00 with his doctor, social worker and therapists to learn about his progress and the expectation for his future. It was a good meeting. The doctor said he thought he was doing great. He said he is lowering his pain medication slowly to get him off of them before he comes home.

His therapists said he is doing very well. According to his speech therapist, he still has an issue with swallowing regular liquids. The breathing tube affected his vocal cords (totally normal) and a thickener is added to his liquids to prevent him from choking.

His physical and occupational therapists said he is doing great. He took a shower for the first time yesterday. Shampooed his own hair. Also took another shower today. They said he pretty much did everything he need to do all by himself. Woohoo!

The social worker and the doctor told us that is is very possible that he may be home within the next two weeks!!!!! Yep! The next two weeks!!! OMG...Holy cow. Ok...breathe...yep, we can do this. It will all depend on how he progresses and what level he is at before they will determine when he can come home.

The rest of the afternoon was pretty uneventful. Most of the day he is was very sociable and in a great mood. We played Wii...and yes...he beat me. I have never been much of a video game player and he was a nut about them. He didn't love bowling very much, but he did beat me in hunting.

He only had a few outbursts...unfortunately one of them was when his cousins, Meg, Christoper, and Jess came to visit. I think he was due for his meds, and they just came at a bad time :(.

All in all, I think it was a good day.

Thanks for the prayers...love you all <3