28 Days

We're home!! We checked out of our Presidential Suite at the Phoenix Childrens Hotel, and made it back to real life yesterday. It's been a long hard road for Seven. He's out of the woods now, but unfortunately I'm now in the thick of it! I haven't been responsible for Seven's care for a month now, and I've forgotten everything. I miss my nurses!! They were so wonderful, and for those of you reading, thank you thank you thank you! I've never met a group of ladies (and one fabulous gentleman) with so much knowledge, experience, love and dedication. I always felt Seven was in great hands. For now, I'm still exhausted after not getting enough sleep for so long. I have more medications to give Seven, a weaning schedule to figure out, a mountain of laundry and a dirty house to take care of. And to boot, I have the Energizer Bunny of all toddlers added back in the mix. Boy did I have it good when she was being watched 24/7 by capable others. I still have help offerings so I'll make it just fine. And how can I really complain? Right now I'm looking at my super sweet Seven smile and coo at me from the comfort of his own chair. Whether it is from the happiness of being home and feeling better, or from a Methadone enduced euphoria, only time will tell. We have many pediatrician follow up visits, several specialists and several tests to get done in the next 6 weeks so it isn't over. I also thought I'd tally up the highlights of our stay for you...

28 days in the Pediatric Intesive Care Unit

1 MRI

2 CT Scans

1 EEG

20ish chest X-rays

1 PICC line

1 femoral line

4 intubations

4 extubations

1 bag platelets

2 bags blood

1 collapsed lung

2 bladder infections

1 lung infection

9 lbs water weight gain

11 lbs lost (for a 2 lb total loss)

6 new daily medications