Its been a long road, and we just begun but its defenitly a blessing to be home again. Now we have a million things to accomplish before Christmas. The house is a disaster area, leftover messes from our 63 day visit to Oakland Childrens Hospital and a new pile of mess from the 2 week stay we just got released from.
Its going to be a long weekend, but Im ready to bake all the Christmas gifts I can muster the strength to create. Little apple pies might get devoured before they make it into any baskets or tins. Oh so much work, but so worht it in the end. As long as I dont eat them all I should be able to give them away to the ones I love!
Mikeys last Day of school before Traction at CHO
" We thank you all for all the prayers that brought us Home safe!"
Clown boy...
"The day before we arrived at Oakland"
MIKEY FLY'S A KITE
" My boy pre-HALO"
Mikey & his BEST FRIEND HEADER
"2 peas in a pod"
In Traction at CHO
"Still a happy kid, the door you see behind him is the door to his MASTER SUITE!" :D
Bright Eyes...
Out breathing the ventalator n the ICU on Nov 5th, 2008 After Spinal fusion and Growth rod implants
I was thinking, "Please just put my baby back together again..." They even had him strapped down. :(
Thats what friends are for!
" Gettin their mouths taped shut... lol"
First Real Laughter we heard in days...
"So nice to hear his voice again..."
Back in traction after a battle with a HUGE infection... ended up back at CHO
"Mikey got readmitted after a 2 week break from the Hospital. 7pm Nov. 2nd Mikey went to the ER at CHO with a fever of 104 degrees.Pressure sore turned infection which spread to his blood. They tried to keep us there again for 6 weeks but I insisted on being PICC trained so we could do the 6 weeks of antibiotics at home.
BACK HOME DECEMBER 17th 2008
"Home safe in Mommy & Daddy's bed! This is Mikeys new Soft Halo vest, Dr Sun removed his old Halo December 15th, 2008" WHAT A FELIEF to have our boy home, and our home back. FREEDOM & the smell of fresh Santa Rosa air! :D