Tuesday Update: 6/27/06

Praise the Lord Josh finally got his trach! It it good to see his whole face again. Josh looks more like himself now. All went well. They did not have any problems today with the trach. His nurse, Greg, did a good job. He gave Josh lots of good drugs and I guess that made him very happy because he behaved. I know that God ultimately saw him through it. The only thing that Josh was not able to get today was his feeding tube. They tried but were unable because they could not visualize the tube going into the stomach like they wanted so they put it off for now. They didn't want to do it blind because they may have nicked his colon and that is not good. He may go tomorrow to radiology and have it placed under special instruments if they feel it is needed. If Josh were to wake up and make s ome significant progress they may hold off and just feed him thru the tube in his nose until he is able to eat for himself again. We will just have to see how everything plays out. After the trach Josh was sleeping good. He is probably just going to be pretty sleepy today until all the medicine wears off and then we will know a little more tomorrow.

Nothing else new today. Josh looks much more comfortable and he is resting well. Before the trach placement Josh was still following commands as before so maybe in the morning he will be able to try and say a few words. We will see - I may just have alot of wishful thinking. Mom and I are going to say good night to Josh - if anything has changed I will let you all know.

Have a wonderful evening. Thanks for your prayers. We love you all.