Thursday, February 19, 2009

Thursday Update...

Well, today has been a fun and crazy day for Jacob and the family. Mike decided to try and get to work for a little bit this morning and so my mother and I got the kids taken care of and we headed up to the hospital. We walked in and they said that they had taken out the tube in his chest!! We were so excited about that. This means that his lung is repaired and things are looking good.

Later this afternoon we got a phone call from his nurse that said that he had pulled the respirator out of his mouth and that they just decided to put him on the CPAP and see how he does. This was something very unexpected, but definitely a major step forward!!

Mike and I went back tonight to see him and we got pictures of his new tubing. He is looking good and is improving. He is now off of all pain medication (he was on morphine while he had the tube in his side and the respirator) and is really starting to wake up. With him waking up he's wanting to be cuddled, but he can't be bundled really yet, so they have put these bean bag type things on him to help keep him still and also to help comfort him.





We acutally heard him cry a little bit too!! It's a little easier to get in and hold his hand now, so I got to do that while he was crying. Mike said that it also looked like he was trying to open his eyes.



Good things are coming. We'll see how he continues to improve.

Thank you for all of your love and support at this time. We appreciate you all!!

4 comments:

Kate said...

YEAH!! See you in a few hours! :)

Sweetpea said...

Oh Becky! We are praying lots and lots, and are so happy for good news. Please please please let us know what we can do to help.

Toodles said...

Hi Becky!! I'm so happy for the good news! Sounds like Jacob is doing really great! :) Thanks for all of the updates!

Kendra said...

That bean bag thing looks pretty cozy. I think I'd like one of those for myself. Looking forward to when we see pictures of you holding him!

Ain't no need to watch where I'm going, just need to know where I've been.