Playing Catch-up

Hey!! It's been a busy 24 hours!! Mike and I switched postitions, I had to work today. And they finally moved him last night at 10pm from ICU to the "floor" in the surgical unit.

He had a great day yesterday, despite a few melt downs. He was far too busy to be cooped up in the ICU any longer! The drain tubes came out, all IV's and monitor wires are off (we are now officially allergic or sensitive to the stickies) & We got our communication board, but turns out he can talk/communicate much more than we thought he would be able too (fit #1) He's far too advanced for it, and really only wanted to push buttons like mad, so in the end the machine broke :P and Fit #2, I actually forget what it was about, but it made me sweat. We were happy to see daddy pop in at 4;30 yesterday after 2 movies, 3 walks, 1 trip to the play room and 2 containers of play dough later and finally 15 min of rest. Until the surgeons came into show us how to do our first whole turning of the screws. Piece of cake, Skyler never even flinched when they turned them. More ticked that he woke up to 5 people hovering over him with a screw driver! :P
Gramma Kelli met us down in the cafeteria at 6:50ish with Seth for dinner. Neither Skyler or I had seen Seth since early morning on Wednesday. Guess who the little booger was more excited to see?? Yea, you guessed it, not mom!

Its ok I guess Seth and I hitched a ride home with Gramma and had a little time to play when we got home. Skyler was all over havin' dad stay the night with him. I got a "toodle loo" pretty much when it was time to leave.
When Seth and I arrived tonight dad was pooped only because they had been on the go since 7am! At the play room doors at 8:45, the play room doesn't open till 9am. And even at 7 at night he was still begging to go there. We took a walk to the play ground, it was a beautiful warm evening. The boys had a great time down there and Skyler even let Seth hitch a ride in the wheel chair on the way back.

He's definitely eating well hes gained almost 2.5lbs since Wednesday, and I don't think that the swelling is hardly any of that! So I can take a sigh of relief that we won't be losing much or any of the 13lbs he's gained in the past 16 months.
Hmm what else, oh did another turn tonight, actually a half turn. Still nothing to it :) makes it nice to know we MIGHT make it threw this in one piece!!
"Rumor has it" that they may send us home tomorrow, but we can't hold our breath, Mike seems to be certain of it tho, yet I still say they don't do that to us on weekends we aren't that lucky. Plus to be honest, I am a little nervous still to come home with all that - maybe I'M not ready..??? I'll sleep on the idea.

Again thanks for all the loves, prayers, emails and comments!! We are so very thankful for the network of family and great friends to keep us lifted when things get crazy nuts over here! Just let it be known you are appreciated