Giving thanks...

Since November is a good month for giving thanks, a good place to start is to be so thankful for how great our little warrier is doing!!  Late on Sunday (after I managed to stretch Ryder's monitor wires/IV pole etc. over to the couch so we could see a little daylight) Ryder was told he might get to go to the FLOOR on Wednesday.  Yep, out of the ICU.  Of course he must have heard this so he spent a good 36 hours after that throwing up, screaming, low oxygen, etc. which effectively pushed that transfer back with fear something horrible was wrong.  As it turns out, so far nothing bad, he just needed a little slower increase on his feeds and some ativan.  Ativan, in case you didn't know is good stuff.  Ryder now has the stitches out of his Gtube so it seems to not bother him much, he is back off the oxygen again and doing great and so we just have some work to do with getting his diuretics IV to oral, and his feeds up to goal calories...

Dr. Ryder, ready for rounds!!



Purple fairy princess Addy and her friend Taryn, practicing being graceful fairies!

Ryder had a great 1st Halloween.  He was a giraffe in the morning, but he apparently was not fond of that costume since he pooped all over it.  Next he was Dr. Ryder with custom scrubs and his own real stethescope, courtesy of the PICU.  He even went on trick-or-treating rounds.  Addy was a very excited purple fairy princess and has decided her favorite candy is "all the candy that I got". 

And so I am holding my breath, very hopeful for a little more progress, and then...H.O.M.E.  Yes...I think this really may happen...we might bring a baby home with us.  I don't even know what to think...so what do you think?  Will we get our Butterball home in time for Thanksgiving?  That is my hope!