Monday, 5/9

In this three month journey there have been days (many good) and then there have been "days". Today is one of those "days" so this will be a bit brief. Dinky is doing fine and continues to wean on the ventilator and overall just show that amazing resilience as he overcomes this latest hurdle. He did get reintubated through the nose today versus the mouth where the tube was just after surgery. This is the first time ever he's had NOTHING in his mouth (either the "ET" tube or the suctioning tube) so that's very exciting. They have to sedate him to reintubate him so he was pretty out of it when I left, but tomorrow I'll help him celebrate his mouth freedom by trying to get him to take a pacifier (to try and prevent "oral aversion" down the road). So really he's doing great and is not having a "day" at all. My "day" is just sleep deprivation! Sometimes that little kiddo invades my nights as well and I dreamt about him and tubes and machines all night! I guess he's just trying to prepare me for when he's home!

We've been having some computer problems but I'll try and post a few pictures from our Mother's Day weekend with my parents.