Friday, July 13, 2007

I got over here pretty early today, so I don't know a whole lot yet. The nurse practitioner was there and she said they would get him off of the vapotherm today and try one liter of oxygen. If he does well on that (they will watch him a few days), they will do a sleep study to see how much and how often he will need to be on oxygen at home. Nobody has said anything specific about the carseat test yet, but Jack got his last night. Jack is the Hufty's baby, Logan's little brother. He will likely go home today or Monday at the latest. We will definitely miss them, but hopefully we won't have to miss them here for too much longer. Becky has family in southern Indiana, so hopefully we will stay in touch. I may have mentioned this stuff already, but they got married on the same day as we did (same year too!) and were at Indiana State at the same time we were. Small world huh? Josh gave him his bottle last night and he did pretty well, considering we could hardly wake him up. He has been sleeping most of the last two days, so I think they are going to hopefully step up his morphine weaning today. The NP asked if he had been agitated with his wean - considering the past days, that would be a NO.

I want to comment on the comments again briefly - thanks, thanks, and thanks again. I've said it before and will continue to say it, those comments are so inspiring to us. They way you have all stuck by us out there is so heartwarming. From long-time friends and family to people we have never met and friends we haven't talked to in years (hey DG girls!), those comments reaffirm we are not alone in this, and never will be. Hearing what Gabe has inspired in others (the girls with the lemonade stand sent us a beautiful note - and may be on the radio soon talking about Riley!!) has made this all have some purpose to it. So if I haven't said it recently - thanks.

3 comments:

The Hull 6 said...

So great to hear all is progressing so quickly and so well! We all pray that you will get home soon.
The Hull6

Dave and Maria Schoeppner said...

Thanks for keeping us all updated. The kids and I love seeing all the pictures! It is amazing how far Gabe has come. He is absolutely adorable and looks so much like his brothers! Looking forward to seeing you.
Love,
Maria, Dave, Patrick, and Cathryn

pwolf said...

Dear Peg and Josh,
I've been out of town for training for a week and wasn't able to check on Gabe's progress. (It's one of the first things I do every day. I am so excited about all the progress Gabe has made this week! Thanks for news. We'll keep the prayers going, and hope to see Gabe in person before too long.
Priscilla