Rambo's Rampages...

We did it. We made it to the hospital by 5:30am. Even the hospital was running on time this morning so Rambo had his procedures done with little ado. It's over and we are home. There was a point during recovery where I didn't think we would make it. Rambo was coughing up huge blood clots and his trach was thick with mucous and blood. I thought for sure we would be admitted. But thankfully, they let us stay a few more hours to see if he could push through and he did! Instead of recovery being two hours it took more like four. Rambo had his ears and throat checked out from..... head to toe?    ...They were completely evaluated. Aaaaannnnnd, drum roll please------------ his ears and hearing are perfect. No fluid. No tubes. No hearing loss. Can I get a revolution?!?!?! That is the good news. Here is the bad news: ( I warned you with the title that this might be gross.) That is his throat. The little white piece you see is the top curve of his trach. Yes, you should be seei...

And not so favorite things. For instance, this entire past week or so. It's really weird that now Rambo is 'stable' and is not in as dire conditions as before, I'm more done now than ever. Last night, Ben and I had a chance to get out together for dinner and a concert. It was great. We went to dinner and stuffed ourselves, enjoyed the nice weather and were pulling into the parking garage of the arena when my phone rings. It's a surgeon from JHH telling me they were taking Theodore into surgery that night because his infection had caused an abscess and it needed to be removed. He called it "semi-elective". In that it wasn't emergent but it needed to be done sooner rather than later. Great, thank you. Now I can really enjoy myself. Check off another surgery. That makes 5. Plus 5 infections. That's almost a surgery or infection for every week of his life. That's just a glimpse at what's been going on. Dealing with people, being away from hom...