This was the best visit so far. Elijah's numbers are consistently strong. His oxygen levels are consistently high and he is coming off his sedation medication and is getting closer to the oxygen levels he was at while at home. He is up a more and more, he is kicking his legs and trying to move his arms, but the nurses have to keep his arms pinned to his bed sheet so he doesn't mess with his breathing tube and IV's!
The plan the next couple of weeks for Elijah is to continue to get healthier. He will have all of next week to continue on his progression. The following week sounded like he will have his cardiac cath so the doctors can get a good look at his heart and make sure they aren't missing anything in preparation for his heart surgery. Depending on how Elijah is doing, and scheduling, his heart surgery would follow.
Elijah won't be coming home before his heart surgery because we don't want to run the risk of him getting sick again before his surgery. Also, it becomes hard to get back into a schedule and then have to head back to the hospital. This way when he comes home he will be in the best possible condition he can be in....and we can't wait!! We hope that he is home before Christmas, but after going through all this we have learned to just deal with what's in front of us. If that means we spend Christmas at Children's Hospital than so be it, as long as we are all together we'll make the best of it!
We want to thank everyone again for your thoughts, prayers, and support. The phone calls, the e-mails, the cards, and a special thanks to those that have taken the time to make food for us...it is a great help and very much appreciated! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend if we don't talk before. We will keep you posted, take care.
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