Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Day 24 ......List of "to do" when Sam's out

OKAY....so it is really going to happen...this going home thing. Sam has a few things he wants to do when he gets out of here......

  • Sleep in his own bed
  • Eat his Mom's cooking
  • Hang out with his friends
  • Get a freaking haircut
  • Go on MySPACE
  • Lots of other stuff...too numerous to mention


They took another xray this morning and will let us in on the results tomorrow. As they have said that it could take up to 3-6 months for the lungs to completely clear, we don't expect a huge change. Sam gets to take home a nebulizer with some treatments to take several times each day at home and Mom & Dad become the in-house respiratory therapists. We need to accompany each nebulizer treatment with 10 minutes of percussion (cup your hand and thump on the back/chest....it should make a hollow clapping sound). I'll tell you what.... this whole ordeal has been a real education for the old folks!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

To All- It won't be long now. May you enjoy the release from hospital to home; the warmth of being a family in one place; snuggled in the house that Graham built; recovering from the trauma enjoying togetherness again!